“Canada's Long Term Strategic Situation”-Three Critical Views
| Date | 01 March 1963 |
| Author | C. S. Burchill |
| Published date | 01 March 1963 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070206301800107 |
| Subject Matter | Notes and Comment |
Notes
and
Comment
"'Canada's
Long
Term
Strategic
Situation'"
-
Three
Critical
Views
(1)
AN
ALTERNATIVE
STATEMENT
C.
S.
Burchill
Royal
Roads
"Setting
aside
the
possible
calamity
of
an
all-out
war",
RL
J.
Sutherland
concluded
that
the
game
of
power
politics
in
the year
2,000
would
continue
to
be
played
very
much
as
it
has
been
played
in
the
past;
that
the
rules
of
the
game
require
the
players
to
control
indepen-
dent
military
forces;
that
Canada
does
have
a
degree
of
freedom
in
fixing
the
size
of
her
military
forces;
that
with
large
national
forces
at
her
disposal
Canada
can
be
an influential
ally
of
the
United
States;
with
insignificant
force
at
her
disposal
Canada
can
survive
only
as
a
weak
and
reluctant
dependency
of
the
United
States.
According
to
this
analysis,
identification
with
the
United
States
is
Canada's
destiny. The
nature
of
this
identification-as
a
valued
ally or
as
a
dangerously weak
frontier-will
be
determined essentially
by
the
size
of
our
military
budget;
but
the
fact
of
identification
will
be
inescapable.
The
logic of
Dr.
Sutherland's
argument,
however
unpleasant
to
Canadian
nationalists,
is
irrefutable.
If
his
premises
are
sound,
Canada's
destiny
is
to
be
dominated
by
the
United
States.
But
are
his
premises
valid?
By
P,
J.
Sutherland,
International
Journal,
XVII,
No.
3,
Summer,
1962,
pp.
199-223.
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