Canada was respected until Trudeau arrived

"Today, Canada is being told to sit at the kids' table by the editorial board of Wall Street Journal. We are excoriated by a U.S. Senator for not pulling out weight in NORAD. Even the magazine The Economist says Canada's miserly defense spending is increasing embarrassing...
There's too much potential in this country to let it wane. We must stop apologizing. We must acknowledge the past and learn from it, not erase it. Our fathers of Confederation were not perfect but they created a country that became the Canada that we know today. And they did that without a Civil War through the values that Conservatives embody: common sense, freedom, security, hard work, personal and fiscal responsibility, family, tolerance, free markets and a government that lives within its means. Our proud history is filled with examples of ordinary Canadians, whether civilian or military, with extraordinary courage stepping up and fighting for justice and freedom around the globe."
(Retired Lieutenant-General Michel Maisonneuve, Conservative Party of Canada’s national policy convention, Quebec City, 7 Sept. 2023)