After the Cold War, Canadians lived under the comfortable delusion that security was a service to be provided by someone else. We treated national defence like a subscription — one we underpaid for, assuming the United States would provide the muscle and our geography the shield.
That era has ended. With U.S. President Donald Trump determined to acquire Greenland, and with talk of Canada’s own annexation becoming dangerously mainstream, we are no longer just a neighbour; we are a target. We are in the midst of a geopolitical crisis, and according to our military’s assessment, we are uniquely vulnerable. This will become especially true when we contribute troops to NATO exercises in Greenland, as we must do.
