AUKUS rare instance of democracies anticipating an emerging threat, rejection of irresponsible politics of appeasement

While many Canadians are relieved at having dodged the AUKUS bullet, and just as content as some of our allies are at seeing us excluded, it should be viewed as a strategic humiliation for the credibility of Canadian reliability, strength, and values.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, in Ottawa. Our prime minister is desperately following the polls, as a Liberal must do, given that the fractured left vote sincerely rather than strategically. He is therefore not likely to pursue policies that anticipate near-term world events, particularly in dealing with the rise of a territorially assertive China, writes Julian Spencer-Churchill.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY JULIAN SPENCER-CHURCHILL

September 23, 2021

MONTREAL—AUKUS, the alliance arrangement announced this month by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, is a rare instance of democracies anticipating an emerging threat to their way of life, and rejection of the irresponsible politics of appeasement. The strategic issue of our tim...

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