In a moment that carries the weight of shifting continental allegiances, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed European lawmakers this week as Brussels floated an unprecedented proposal: Canada as the EU's first-ever associate member. The overture reflects a quiet but consequential reckoning in Ottawa — that geography need not be destiny, and that a nation long defined by its proximity to one great power might choose to deepen its bonds with another. Donald Trump's pointed warnings against such alignment remind us that the architecture of influence is never rearranged without resistanc