Abstract

Discovering Canada

This article focuses on the book "Canada: America's Problem," written by John MacCormac. According to MacCormac, Canada makes isolation impossible for the U.S. The Monroe Doctrine virtually commits the U.S. to resist any attack on Canada by a European power, a pledge which has been explicitly reaffirmed by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Yet Canada, as part of a political system having its center adjacent to Europe, is already deeply involved in Europe's war. It is serving as the chief training ground for empire aviators and is providing a large proportion of the empire's war equipment. Should it become the political center as well, American isolationism could no longer exist. Since we dare not allow Canada to fall into the hands of a hostile power, we are committed, in effect, to the support of one of Europe's belligerents.