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[lastat06513]

I would think that relations between one of the least monitored borders in the world has been good since the end of the War of 1812....in 1814.

But ever since the induction of G.W. Bush into the White House, these relations has been in a steady decline.

Now, a remark by the US ambassador to Canada is or has unwittingly aided one of the contenders in the Canadian primary elections, scheduled for sometimes this winter.

Is this a sign that relations are slowly deteriorating or is it something thats been in the making for years.

Sorry for my ignorance in US-Canadian relations, but what is the state of affairs so far?

[mindmetoo]

Does it ever occur to Bush that his closest allies are distancing themselves from his war mongering and religious zealotry that seems to be based on a reading of the bible that Jesus would cook down babies to carbon with phosphorus bombs, so why shouldn't America?

America owes, under NAFTA, about $3 billion. America doesn't want to pay. Basically America's congress only believes in free trade if it goes all one way. The second a voter in Iowa might be affected, well, congress passes all kinds of new laws...

[khyber]

it's not just bush though...
it's all his mindless lackys...
Carlson tucker tied his bowtie too tight last week and ended up squeeking out, "Canada is like your retarded cousin".
and "Canada is stalking the US".

Go ahead and google if you don't believe someone on tv would say something so utterly ridiculous

[sundubuman]

Frankly I think Americans are waking up to Canada's anti-Americanism and are rather disgusted by it.

Virtually every one of the 100's of the American ESL teachers I've met in Asia can recount their first bout of Canuckistani America-bashing, and how surprised they were to encounter it. Trust me for the newbies here, this totally predates the Bush administration.

Historically, Americans didn't care much, but many are beginning to connect the dots. Politicians in South Korea, Bolivia, Germany, and Spain have gotten themselves elected on the backs of sophmoric anti-Americanism that plays well to their respective peanut galleries. So an American ambassador finally has the balls to say what an American ambassador should say, leave your neurotic and irrational feelings towards your neighbor and largest trading partner out of your election.

And we get the likely result, pathetic Bush-bashing threads on web boards and Canadians lapping up the non-spectacle.

As an American, I find this odd as there are currently rising wishes for independence from Quebec and increasing rumblings from the Western provinces, and who knows, if there's enough oil off the East Coast, more who wish to bolt from Ottawa's grip.

Seems to me that should be a bigger issue in an election than a lumber spat with a country you have a huge trade surplus with. If an American state was agitating to leave the Union, let alone regions encompassing nearly half of the US population, it would be THE ONLY issue in an American election.

[PEIGUY]

Canada actually put duties on corn i think it was? I read it on CBC. For anti dumping reasons etc. THey say they will look at them again when teh Canada Border Services Agency and maybe Customs Canada finish their investigation. Makes me wonder if it is retaliation...

[canuckistan]

[sundubuman]

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[laogaiguk]

[Kuros]

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[Alias]

When Bill Clinton vists Canada he is treated like a rock star. So it does have a lot to do with Bush.

[khyber]

[mindmetoo]

[JeJuJitsu]

Canadians? I love the reputation they have from Korean newspapers (that all Koreans read): drug taking, university diploma-forging alcoholics.