Yes, allies, sure. We’re tepid trading partners, as of 2017, a time when Ms Freeland had authority in Canada’s government - and which, given her current decision, it would be reasonable to question whether that trade arrangement was made because it was in Canada’s best interests, or was it more out of loyalty to Ukraine, with too many concessions made on the Canadian side?
We’re not official military allies, as they’re not in NATO. Preventing that alliance from being ‘formalized’ is/was a big part of russia’s thin justification for their aggression.
We’re both, in theory, democratic nations. Though in Ukraine’s case, that’s a very recent development, given that previous leaders were largely considered russian puppets – another theorized reason for russia’s aggression being that they lost their puppet. We may show solidarity with their plight against a russian aggressor, but I don’t think that inherently makes us allies.
Ukraine is about as much an ally of Canada as any other neutral third party country on the other side of the world.
Yes, allies, sure. We’re tepid trading partners, as of 2017, a time when Ms Freeland had authority in Canada’s government - and which, given her current decision, it would be reasonable to question whether that trade arrangement was made because it was in Canada’s best interests, or was it more out of loyalty to Ukraine, with too many concessions made on the Canadian side?
We’re not official military allies, as they’re not in NATO. Preventing that alliance from being ‘formalized’ is/was a big part of russia’s thin justification for their aggression.
We’re both, in theory, democratic nations. Though in Ukraine’s case, that’s a very recent development, given that previous leaders were largely considered russian puppets – another theorized reason for russia’s aggression being that they lost their puppet. We may show solidarity with their plight against a russian aggressor, but I don’t think that inherently makes us allies.
Ukraine is about as much an ally of Canada as any other neutral third party country on the other side of the world.