I mean, if Putin actually ended up being exactly as evil as he is now, but with more following what North America and Europe say (as was originally expected when backing his power-grabs) I’m pretty sure Canada would still have done this. Post-Cold War, there was a long while there where they were all happy to help the anti-communist Yeltsin protege take over and consolidate power, there would have been no reason to hide from a Russian foreign policy perspective. I’d guess it probably has more to do with connections across defense and industry developed by the Nazis taken in, like how it was with the US, plus Canada’s special relationship with Ukrainian cultural groups in the country.