You ask "Why would any loyal Canadian citizen not want Canada to act independently from the US?"

Loyal Canadian citizens do want that - they just won't get it with Justin.

Trudeau's bromance with Obama would have made him a lap dog to the US administration if the democrats had won. Now he'll likely be an afterthought.

Gerald Butts and his puppet are so desperate to kowtow to the corrupt UN that Butts won't allow JT to  stand up to anyone who has a Security Council vote - not that our PM has the cojones anyway.