Relationship Between USAd Canada

During the early 1900s, Canada was still thought of as a British colony instead of an independent nation. As the twentieth century carried on, there was a gradual yet noticeable shift from British to American influence. Due to their bilateral relationship, Canada and the United States possess one of the strongest bonds in the world. It is because of these close ties that Canada and the U.S. are able to attain many of the resources and services they need. Canada-United States relations allow both countries to aid one another in bettering their nation through security and defence cooperation, trade and investment, and energy. One key way Canada and the United States help one another is through their defence and security cooperation. The defence

and Canada are more extensive than with any other countries, these relations are both well established and extremely secure as well as highly successful. To ensure both of these nations are successful when it comes to defending their country, they have come up with an action plan focusing on four main areas of cooperation that will allow them to build on the enormous amount of pre-existing security linkages between both nations. The four main categories in the action plan include: addressing threats early, trade facilitation, integrated cross-border law enforcement, and critical infrastructure and cyber-security. This particular plan allows both countries to help one another in areas they think need the most attention. Focusing on important security issues such as border security helps the bilateral nations to ensure that everything at their borders run smoothly and overall it has a great impact on Canada-U.S security overall. Although it is well known that the American armed forces are a prominent disincentive to external threats posed towards Canada, the U.S. also heavily relies on the Canadian military for its own security; specifically when it comes to air, land, and maritime approaches. The

Canada is the single largest supplier of energy to the U.S., the nation exports roughly 10% of its generated electricity to the United States which accounts for 2% of the U.S.’s overall consumption. By exporting that percentage of energy to the United States, Canada is ensuring the U.S. gets the power it requires to operate; allowing both countries to aid one another in their prosperity. As of now, Canada is the leading and most reliable, competitive energy supplier to the United States; including crude oil and refined petroleum products, natural gas, electricity, and uranium. This trade goes both ways because Canada imports a significant amount of energy from the United States, particularly electricity and natural gas. Much like natural gas, there is a considerable amount of two-way trade in electricity between both nations. The U.S.-Canada electricity grid is deeply integrated with a total of over 30 major transmission interties connecting all of the Canadian provinces (excluding Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland) to the neighbouring America and its states. This electricity grid enables Canada and the United States to help each other produce and transmit electricity to fulfill both nations’ energy requirements. In addition to the electricity grid, the Canada-U.S. power relationship is sustained by a deeply unified pipeline system. Given