The Second World War showed Canada how to take control of its own destiny. It's time we do so again

Open this photo in gallery: Five almost-completed Lancaster bombers, built by Canadians of all-Canadian materials for service during the Second World War, at Victory Aircraft in Milton, Ont., Jan. 28, 1944.John Boyd/The Globe and Mail Tim Cook is chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and author of The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War, which is a finalist for the 2025 Lionel Gelber Prize, presented by the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. When Japan attacked the United States on Dec. 7, 1941, Canada rose…