Canada looks again to Europe

Young Dutch children wave Canadian flags as they reach out to touch the hand of a Second World War veteran as he takes part in a parade to celebrate the anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands in Wageningen, Netherlands on Tuesday, May 5, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades. But as the world marks 80 years since the end…