Usagevpn.com – This Newsletter examines why Mark Carney’s appearance before the European Parliament mattered beyond the label attached to closer Canada-EU ties. Whether the arrangement is called associate membership, a special partnership or something else is secondary. The real question is whether Europe and Canada are prepared to make political choices that protect their independence.

Speaking after a week shaped by the European Union’s annual State of the Union debates, the Canadian prime minister presented Canada and Europe as democratic partners facing a more difficult international environment. His argument was that sovereignty cannot rest on outdated assumptions about security, trade or political stability.…