You Canadian posters appear to be fixated on the concept that distance from a threat is a defensive option. However, that begs the question what value do you place on your sovereignty? What about your citizens and assets within that area? Or are they just impersonal immaterial numbers on a spreadsheet? Does this illustrate a Canuck unwillingness to defend and fight for their own country? I remember reading of an incident of an RCN destroyer or cruiser being deployed from the ETO to the Pacific War after the German surrender in 1945. The crew on that ship whinged and threatened mutiny because they claimed that they didn't sign up to fight Japs who they claimed were no threat to Canada. So the RCN & Canadian Govt gave in and ordered the ship back to Canada with no replacement sent, and probably no disciplinary action either. Meanwhile, Australian & Kiwi sailors who'd been fighting since September 1939 were still fighting in the Pacific alongside RAAF, RNZAF, Australian & NZ Army, plus US forces. Adm Nimitz was not impressed with the RCN pulling its ship out because it meant a restructuring of forces. It also wasn't looked upon kindly by the Australian and NZ forces either, because it made their job dealing with Gen Douglas MacArthur harder, due too his arrogance and prejudice against non US forces.
Distance, in a spatial context, works well in a ground war where you have plenty of space to use; the Russians used it well against the Nazis giving up ground until they were reading to strike back. This put the Nazis on the back foot, forcing them to continuously react to Russian initiatives, and they were pushed out of Russia. In Canada's case, they have the space but nothing to take advantage of that space with. They are blind to the fact that the Russians are masters at operating and fighting in the Arctic and / or harsh winter environment. That helped them beat Napoleon and Hitler. I've always considered Russian equipment idiot proof and designed to work in harsh environments, and today I see no reason to change my mind on that. It mightn't be as fancy or reliable as western gear, but generally speaking it'll withstand a lot more mistreatment and be easier to maintain in the field. Whereas the Canucks, with all their western gear, may struggle to operate and sustain themselves in such a harsh environment, especially given their paucity of defence resources.
What the Canucks, Poms, and their Kiwi cuzzies, fail to understand is that when the brown smelly stuff hits the quickly rotating object, ramping up defence capabilities like the first part of WW2 and Lend-Lease, isn't going to happen, because the US doesn't have the industrial capacity to do that anymore, plus the weapons systems themselves are far more complex, expensive and difficult to manufacture.