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Escaping the trap of US tech dependence isn’t enough. Canada must ensure it doesn’t create new dependencies in tech and all other products and services, especially if they come from countries with a dictatorial regime. Mr. Carney’s recent trip to Asia where he visited China but not Japan and South Korea isn’t too promising in that respect (but he had bilateral meetings with both governments back in the fall when they agreed to increase bilateral cooperations on security, defence, cyber, space and hybrid threats, and other things; so maybe I am mistaken in this point).

Canada must diversify its trade with democratic governments imo.

I don’t understand why this is in ‘Canada’?

Which are China’s allies? Literally all trade partners have increasing deficits, economic and political coercion is widespread, transnational repression has been increasing, China’s interference in domestic affairs and election is strong not only in Canada but everywhere. And that’s just a tiny selection of bad examples.

Just name one country that ever benefited from a ‘tight relationship’ with China in the long term?

Which non-Chinese company had ever long-term success in the Chinese domestic market?

Having said that, the choice is not just between the US and China. Canada must diversify its trade away from both the US and China.

For that matter we should start building a much tighter relationship with China overall. They may end up being an ally, as strange as it sounds.

That’s sounds indeed strange, and it will never become reality. If and when Canada opts for a ‘tighter relationship’ with China, it will only weakens itself. China will use any leverage to bully its so-called ‘allies’ as it has been doing for decades. Canada won’t be an exemption (China’s tariffs on Canadian canola was a good example for this).

The only option for Canada is a strong diversification of its trade, particularly with democracies in Europe, in the Indo-Pacific, and elsewhere imo.

This is one of these sites where you get both the content and your opinion just in the title. You can safely ignore that.

Given this and the tonality of your comments, I end this discussion as it leads nowhere.

That’s one reason why such disinformation is spread: anger. That’s one thing propagandists are aiming at. It helps to spread the fake news across the web.

So, China, Russia and the ‘tankies’ here are using the US attack on Venezuela for vindication, including by posting ‘sources’ like the wsws, one of the worst propaganda tools parroting dictatorial statements only.

You can safely ignore that.

Can’t serve two masters

Please read the article before commenting.

She’ll step down as a member of Parliament in the “coming weeks” after accepting a new role.

Freeland said she would now “step aside” from that role [as Canada’s new special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine]

Money’s about to start raining so…

That’s a strange comment given that Ukraine will need significantly more than $500 billion for the reconstruction and damage repair alone (as per the latest available data from Feb 2025).

Freeland already serves as Canada’s special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

The ‘warmongering nonsense’ comes from Beijing as it is all about the Chinese party-state’s military drills around Taiwan.