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Geoff Russ: Canada must reforge its relationship with its oldest friend, Britain

The American relationship has always been fickle, but Canada is not without friends

Last week, a column for The London Daily Telegraph declared that there should be “no doubt” that Britain should back Canada in its trade dispute with the United States.

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It was penned by Daniel Hannan, the president of the Institute of Economic Affairs and an independent peer in the House of Lords, who wrote that the “true ‘special relationship’ is between Britain and Canada.”

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Perhaps there is something to that. It is true that Canada and the United States share vast cultural and political similarities. The same is true of Croatia and Serbia and of India and Pakistan.

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Donald Trump has shredded the continental relationship, and a Democrat is unlikely to repair it. As noted by Ben Woodfinden in the Post last month, it was Joe Biden who cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office. Economic hostility is still hostility, even when delivered in a kindly tone.

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