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With trade, finance, technology, and supply chains having all become instruments of coercion, Canada, Europe, and other likeminded democracies must come together to defend their interests. But strategic convergence between governments is not enough; if a new alliance is to endure, it needs deep roots in society.

PARIS—In today’s world, any new partnership between democratic societies will be stronger if ordinary citizens, civil-society groups, businesses, universities, the media, and local communities play a meaningful role in shaping it. That is certainly true of the Canada–Europe relationship as it enters a new phase.