Canada does not take sides

Q:  Has Canada decided it has to choose sides to survive, and it chose China over the United States?

A:

Canada does not choose sides. Even Trump wants to make a trade deal with China. Canada wants to make a trade deal with the US first, and then with China. Now, Canada has difficulty reaching a deal with the US, but it has reached an agreement with China.

Canada is a middle power. By taking sides, it reduces itself to a vassal state. In the best interest of the Canadian national interest, Canada should not take sides. Instead, Canada should be the bridge between the US and China. That’s the role it should play in geopolitics. Conflict and confrontation are not what Canada should be involved in. Canada will be stronger by promoting peace and friendship between the US and China. Canada will be weak by taking sides between the US and China. Canada will lose independence by taking sides.

Making a deal with China is not against the US. But it does make Canada stronger on the bargaining table when seeking a deal with Trump. That is totally a different thing from alignment with China against the US. China wants to have a good relationship with the US, too. Canada and China are cooperating in security for the same goal of making friends with the US without losing sovereignty and independence. That is what Carney says of the new era of the Sino-Canadian relationship.

Just because the US wants to contain China and annex Canada doesn’t mean Canada and China are enemies of the US. Canada and China do not want to be seen as adversaries of the US.

The Joint Statement of the Canada-China Leaders' Meeting confirms multilateralism. Multilateralism respects the US as a power, but not a hegemonic power. That’s the point. Against a hegemonic power is to safeguard the sovereignty and dignity of Canada and China. That is not an enemy of the US. It is for the security of Canada and China.