This is the first in a series on how Canada can prudently decouple from China. Commentary Canadians don’t feel dependent on China. According to an Angus Reid poll last month, 61 percent would like Canada to trade less with China, and an even larger number—88 percent—believe it’s realistic to do so without negatively affecting Canada’s economy. The sentiment for decoupling Canada’s economy from China’s can also be seen in Angus Reid’s finding that “three-quarters want Canada to prioritize human rights, rule of law in dealings with China,” such as by boycotts of the Beijing Olympics, despite 58 percent worrying about the economic consequences of doing so. Decoupling is also imaginable because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—who in 2013 expressed “a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime”—has begun to walk back his infatuation, talking …