Germany blundered by cozying up to Russia as it readied to wage war on Ukraine. Canada is making the same error

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On Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a three-year China deal that will relax tariffs on canola, peas and seafood in exchange for allowing the import of 49,000 Chinese-made electric vehicles per year. Before announcing it, Carney said that this new friendship “sets us up well for the new world order.”

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Which has me wondering: What’s the plan if China invades Taiwan? Are we going to sit on the sidelines? Are we going to keep the trade going while issuing a multitude of empty statements condemning the conflict in the South China Sea? Are we going to help … and if so, which side?

The trade talks are playing out in front of a backdrop of increasing Chinese aggression directed at Taiwan and other Canadian allies in the region. The country appears to be winding up to pounce: in the past year, it’s been retrofitting cargo ships with drone and missile launchers; building and testing new landing barges; expanding arms production facilities; and running bigger-than-ever drills around Taiwan. In 2023, President Xi Jinping had instructed the army to be ready by 2027 for a Taiwan invasion, according to U.S. intelligence at the........

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