America and Canada remain allies, notwithstanding the amplified disagreements among friends. And now Canada is stepping up its North America defenses.
Canada has made a 6 billion Canadian dollar ($4.2 billion) deal with Australia to develop a cutting-edge radar for the Arctic that can detect hypersonic missiles and other threats over the curvature of the earth, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Tuesday.
Mr. Carney also announced hundreds of millions of dollars in new spending to carry out year-round military exercises in the Arctic and to build up vital infrastructure for the Indigenous communities that make up most of the population there.
There is no "crisis" in U.S.-Canadian relations. It's not like the bitter and lengthy Cod Wars, after all. If it was, Canada would be building border defenses at Windsor and blowing the bridges and tunnel leading into Canada. What we have is just a well-publicized politically convenient "Canadian Bacon" kerfuffle (for both Trump and Carney) over terms of trade.
Well, it's a kerfuffle unless Canadians start believing their own BS in response to our silly "51st state" and "governor" taunts. Oh ... .
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