USA Today
Early on, Canada lived under the protection of the British empire, and as power slowly moved from London to Washington, our sense of security changed from deterrence into an understanding of a friendship with America based on mutual goals and benefits.
As the Monroe Doctrine metastasized from keeping European powers out of the Western Hemisphere into things like the murder of Salvador Allende in Chile, the world’s nations have tended to view the United States as a predator.
To many Canadians the CIA’s actions looked atrocious, but they certainly didn’t look dangerous to Canada. We were friends, after all, and friends don't do that sort of thing to friends. But things are starting to look different. It’s time to rethink our place in the world.