Item: In 1913, U.S. president Woodrow Wilson argued that he saw no need to send in the troops in order to take over another country — because imposing tough trade policies would be sufficient to achieve de-facto annexation.

Item: More than 70 years later, a leaked briefing paper for U.S. treasury secretary James Baker applauded the drafting of a groundbreaking U.S.-Canada free trade agreement: “we got everything we wanted … henceforth the vast majority of new U.S. investments in Canada will occur with no interference by the Canadian government.”

Item: More than 30 years ago, at the height of the free-trade debate, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed sent an urgent letter to his old pal, prime minister Brian Mulroney, saying “We are vulnerable if we become even more dependent upon th

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