From The Times.
Probably just as political partners - however, there is a possibility……
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/s...-out-cmncwvfp6
….In Canada Justin Trudeau, the prime minister, was facing pressure from
election opponents over his country’s exclusion from AUKUS.
Trudeau, 49, played down Ottawa’s absence, saying the pact was merely a way for the US to sell nuclear submarines to Australia.
“We continue to be strong members of the Five Eyes,” he said of the intelligence alliance between the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. “This is a deal for nuclear submarines, which Canada is not currently or any time soon in the market for. Australia is.”
However, senior government officials told
The Globe and Mail that Ottawa was not consulted on the pact and had no idea the announcement was coming until just before it was made on Wednesday by the leaders of the three participating countries.
“This is another example that Mr Trudeau is not taken seriously by our friends and allies around the world,” said Erin O’Toole, the Conservative leader who is tied in polls with Trudeau as the country prepares to vote in
a national election. “Canada is becoming more irrelevant under Mr Trudeau.”
O’Toole said he would seek to join the new Indo-Pacific security arrangement, aimed at countering China’s military and political sway in the region, if the Conservatives are elected on Monday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada-class_submarine