Canada is closely aligned and enjoys an open trading relationship with the United States.

We don’t know the future foreign policy of Canada. Departing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau clearly cared deeply about peace. But he said in a televised address that he no longer plans to serve as Canadian president. We’ll learn more when his successor is chosen at the end of March 2025.

Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump recently surfaced an ambitious idea of Canada joining fully with the United States. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dismissed the idea. But we don’t know what the next Prime Minister might think. (This writer thinks it’s a great idea for there to be free trade. Why not?)

Although loyally following NATO's lead, including on adventures into foreign lands, Canadians love peace and have been a calming - even soothing - influence at the United Nations. They're sometimes the voice of reason. Heads of state of both NATO-aligned and non-aligned countries developed excellent relationships with Prime Minister Trudeau as a result.

According to Russian media in August 2024, Canada sanctioned several very influential people from Belarus. NATO has flaunted a peace treaty with Russia named after the Belarusian capital city, Minsk. So there is currently significant need for improvement in Canadian-Belarusian relations.

There is a very good chance that Ukraine and Russia will be resolving their differences diplomatically and peacefully, because of leadership on peace from U.S. President Donald Trump . That may help improve Canadian-Belarusian relations.

President Trump’s newspaper indicates that there will be an across the board 25% tariff for Canadian goods sold into the United States. This writer believes the Canadian government may appreciate revenue as well, and therefore be happy with negotiations, as long as both governments benefit. Trade negotiations sometimes improve relations between aligned countries.