Canada and the United States: Twenty-Five Years of Economic Relations

Abstract

A particular problem for Canada was the ambivalent nature of her relationship with the United States. Canadians were anxious to maintain, at the same time, full political independence and a close military alliance with the United States. They insisted upon economic independence, but they wanted the benefits of American participation in the development of their economy.

Richard Preston, Canada in World Affairs 1959 to 1961