India, April 23 -- For Canada, the United States of America was its next-door superpower friend and long-time ally. Ottawa followed when Washington asked, supporting the US war on Iraq (which violated international law) and joining NATO forces in Afghanistan (outside the UN system).

The US or its power was never a concern for Canadians until US President Donald Trump's January tariffs against Ottawa, imposed under the 'International Emergency Economic Powers Act,' which designated Canada a "threat to the safety and security of Americans." Canadians are particularly peeved at being called "threat to the safety and security of Americans", and rightly so.

It doesn't end there. Adding insult to injury, the US is now pursuing what amounts to...