Canada and Philippines will sign a key defense pact to boost combat drills and military ties

Canada stepping up now that their neighbor to the south is disappearing up its own ass of isolationist fascism. Good for them. But man I wish we (the US) weren't letting so many allies (and potential allies) down.

Canada is actually in a pretty good position, geographically, if you ignore the fact that our two immediate neighbours are hostile powers bent on conquering our land and taking our resources. We can get involved in both Atlantic alliances and Pacific alliances. All we need to do is survive long enough to get those nicely sorted, and rebuild our strength after having America yank the rug out from under us.