自2021年11月加拿大推出加版“印太战略”，如何加强与美国及其联盟、“印太”地区国家的合作与联系，以实践加版“印太战略”的规划，已经成为加拿大外交中的一项重要议程。特鲁多政府致力于加入美国主导的“印太”地区机制、改善加拿大在联盟体系中的边缘地位，以及加强与东南亚、东北亚国家的联系。在这一背景下，美加之间的关系进一步得到巩固，加拿大主动加强了与美国在供应链方面的合作，以凸显自身在联盟中的作用。此外，持续了一年多的俄乌冲突也是推动加拿大在对外政策上与联盟体系愈加密切的动因。加拿大在援助乌克兰、制裁俄罗斯的道路上不断加码，与美、欧保持高度一致。在如此动荡的国际局势下，中加关系仍然没有明确的回暖迹象，甚至在一些莫须有的矛盾与指责下，双边关系受到更大的冲击。整体来看，加拿大对其一贯坚持的中等强国外交已经有些动摇，更多的是将其外交影响力和战略利益寄托于美国及其联盟，由此带来的外交主动权与自主性的丧失引发了加拿大国内的思考。
After the official launch of Canadian Indo-Pacific Strategy，how to strengthen cooperation and contact with the United States，the western allies and countries in the Indo-Pacific region has become an important agenda in Canadian diplomacy. Over the past year，the Trudeau administration has been working hard to join the US-led Indo-Pacific regional mechanisms，improve Canada’s marginal position in the alliance system，and strengthen ties with Southeast and Northeast Asian countries. In this context，the relationship between the United States and Canada has been further consolidated，and Canada has also taken the initiative to strengthen cooperation with the United States in the supply chain to highlight its role in the alliance. The Russia-Ukraine conflict，which has lasted for more than a year，is also driving Canada’s foreign policy closer to the alliance system. In the turbulent international situation，there is still no clear sign of warming China-Canada relations，and even under some unwarranted contradictions and accusations，bilateral relations have suffered a greater impact.
