How Canada Remained Independent of Foreign Control but Also Managed to Be a Part of International Decision Making.
How successful Canada was on remaining independent of foreign control, whilst being a part of international decision making.
Canada remained independent of foreign control a majority of the time, but at others it did give in to the pressure put upon it. Canada also got to be a big part of the decision making because it put itself out there, got recognized as a middle power and proved its worth.
Some of the ways Canada remained independent of foreign control are: When president Reagan’s administration had a project they were trying to get Canada involved in called the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, but also referred to as Star Wars). This was a plan to arm satellites that could destroy soviet missiles from space. Not many people believed the plan would work and even if it did there would no longer be balance between the two superpowers, ergo in 1985, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney politely said “no”. President George Bush brought the idea back to life in 2004, and wanted Canada to participate in the new missile defence initiative, but it wasn’t clear who the missiles where protecting North America from. Many Canadians thought that Canada should participate but Prime Minister Paul Martin decided against it. After 9/11 Canada aided the US in attacking Afghanistan, to get to where the Taliban government was aiding Muslim terrorists, but Canada refused to participate in using the war as a pretext for ousting Saddam Hussein. The UN also didn’t approve of Bush’s attack on Iraq. After World War II Canada had completely disengaged itself from the British Empire, ergo Canadian representatives refused to go along with British plans. They put their powers to good use for peace rather than a “mother country”.
Canada remained very independent throughout the Cold war but sometimes we did end up giving in to foreign control. After World War II the US and USSR were considered superpowers, because the US had an atomic bomb and the USSR had the largest army; most countries
Canada remained independent of foreign control a majority of the time, but at others it did give in to the pressure put upon it. Canada also got to be a big part of the decision making because it put itself out there, got recognized as a middle power and proved its worth.
Some of the ways Canada remained independent of foreign control are: When president Reagan’s administration had a project they were trying to get Canada involved in called the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, but also referred to as Star Wars). This was a plan to arm satellites that could destroy soviet missiles from space. Not many people believed the plan would work and even if it did there would no longer be balance between the two superpowers, ergo in 1985, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney politely said “no”. President George Bush brought the idea back to life in 2004, and wanted Canada to participate in the new missile defence initiative, but it wasn’t clear who the missiles where protecting North America from. Many Canadians thought that Canada should participate but Prime Minister Paul Martin decided against it. After 9/11 Canada aided the US in attacking Afghanistan, to get to where the Taliban government was aiding Muslim terrorists, but Canada refused to participate in using the war as a pretext for ousting Saddam Hussein. The UN also didn’t approve of Bush’s attack on Iraq. After World War II Canada had completely disengaged itself from the British Empire, ergo Canadian representatives refused to go along with British plans. They put their powers to good use for peace rather than a “mother country”.
Canada remained very independent throughout the Cold war but sometimes we did end up giving in to foreign control. After World War II the US and USSR were considered superpowers, because the US had an atomic bomb and the USSR had the largest army; most countries