First of all, I think Canada needs to develop leverage and influence vis-à-vis China unilaterally, without the collaboration with the United States.
Second, China has an ultimate respect for power. When you look at how India reacted to China in the Doklam standoff, and in South Korea Geun-hye's decision to deploy THAAD, in the end, China paid respect to it.
Certainly, if you look at Europe and how some NATO countries have kept the U.S. at arm's length in order to maintain their policy flexibility, I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned.