PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/unprepared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unprepared</span></a> for life next to a dictator because geographic isolation long protected us from invasion and war. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> simply assumed that the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> would shield us from foreign threats. But if the U.S. becomes <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dictatorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorial</span></a>, where would that leave Canada?</p><p>Canada needs to become more economically <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SelfReliant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfReliant</span></a> and deepen <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> ties with other <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/democracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracies</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ally</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> opponents of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/canada-needs-to-brace-itself-for-a-trump-dictatorship/article_06179de4-13ca-11ef-a989-278884cf44fb.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/canada-nee</span><span class="invisible">ds-to-brace-itself-for-a-trump-dictatorship/article_06179de4-13ca-11ef-a989-278884cf44fb.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CanadaUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaUSA</span></a></p>