What was Innis's view of Canada's relationship with the United States?
Canada risked becoming a US colony
Canada should merge with the US
Canada and the US were equals
Canada should distance itself from the US
Answer
Harold Innis believed that Canada risked becoming a US colony due to its economic and political ties to the United States. He believed that Canada's reliance on the US for trade and investment made it vulnerable to economic domination, and that its close relationship with the US in terms of foreign policy made it vulnerable to political domination.
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