He is the leader of his country and regardless of his nation's size and "significance", he has to make some tough decisions, specially if those decisions relate to some major promises made during an election campaign like the one he had. I don't think it has anything to do with Canada standing up to America. It's Canadians (or their leader in this case) doing what's best for Canada.
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