Has anglo-Canada ever been meaningfully distinct from the US ?
It is as tightly bound to the US as Puerto Rico. I can't imagine Canada adopting economic, military or cultural policies that favor US enemies without being strong-armed out of it by the US.
It is a charged question, and I mean it as a hypothetical. But countries form through common language, culture, religion, geography, interests or trauma/war. Anglo-Canada and the US have all the good things in common and no war/trauma keeping them apart.
At times, Anglo-Canadians feel more distinct from French-Canadians than they do most Americans.
Ofc, if you've been a stable nation for century+, then there's no good reason to fix what's not broken.
It is as tightly bound to the US as Puerto Rico. I can't imagine Canada adopting economic, military or cultural policies that favor US enemies without being strong-armed out of it by the US.
It is a charged question, and I mean it as a hypothetical. But countries form through common language, culture, religion, geography, interests or trauma/war. Anglo-Canada and the US have all the good things in common and no war/trauma keeping them apart.
At times, Anglo-Canadians feel more distinct from French-Canadians than they do most Americans.
Ofc, if you've been a stable nation for century+, then there's no good reason to fix what's not broken.