Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding. Six years later, Biden is coming back -- this time as U.S. president -- and the world is very different. His message likely won't be.
Change was in the air. Authoritarian leaders in Syria and Turkey were consolidating power. Britain had voted to leave the European Union. And Donald Trump was waiting in the wings to take over the White House.
And Xi Jinping is sitting down Monday with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, a meeting that will underscore the geopolitical context in which the U.S. sees the world -- and amp up the pressure on Canada to remain a willing and reliable partner, not only in Ukraine but elsewhere as well. Ending Chinese dominance in that space is Job 1 for the Biden administration, and Canada has critical minerals in abundance. But it takes time to build an extractive industry virtually from scratch, especially in this day and age -- and experts say the U.S. is growing impatient.
"The challenge you have in a democracy is that processes are slow, and are in reality too slow relative to the needs of making the green transition," Miller said. "The problem for Norad is it's literally under the political radar -- it's difficult to get politicians to commit funds and recognize that it's been the first line of defence for North America for 65 years," Charron said.
"We're not getting the job done," Helen La Lime told a meeting of the Organization of American States last week. "We need to get down to the business of building this country back."
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