snoiduspoitus

Yes Yes Yes, but somewhere, somehow, an ancient genius sharpened an antler, and Presto! skating was invented. Suppose that's the guy we ought to thank.

(A moment of silence please.)

Soyin Milka

Wow...
From the article:
"There is no security threat to Canada that the United States would not be ready, willing and able to help with. There would be no debate, there would be no hesitation. We would be there for Canada -- part of our family,"

What will have been most disconcerting for the audience was Cellucci's statement that the United States gave a higher priority to security than to the booming trade relationship between the two countries.

"Security will trump trade, there is no doubt about that," Cellucci told reporters, saying there could be unspecified "short term" strains in the relationship given U.S. unhappiness with Canada.
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We are family, but we should watch out...

It's not the first time the current administration adopts a hard line with Canada in matters of economy. Softwood lumber is a hot issue right now. It's been a problem for a century, but usually former governments always usually found compromises acceptable to both the US and Canada. Not this time around. There's a stiff 27 % import duty on canadian softwood lumber now. It cost over 15000 canadian jobs so far...

It's not only bad for Canada. The american "National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)" has a couple of articles on this issue. It's having a direct effect on the cost of building houses in the US. Home ownership would be within the reach of more americans if free trade was put in place. I hope NAFTA and WTO are not just meaningless acronyms...

Anyway. Go ahead american government. Punish our democracy because we did not agree with your way to impose democracy in Irak.

Bleh.

Soyin