Canada and the United States

[reeves84]

http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1632848

THEY share the world's longest undefended border and do more business together than any other two countries. Add the often jarring clash of politics, personalities and world events, and it is not surprising that relations between Canada and the United States are seldom simple. Even so, they look unusually strained at the moment. This is only partly because of disagreements about war in Iraq. And though some Canadians are happy to be unhappy with their big neighbour, others, including many businessmen, are not.

The discord is embodied in the barely-hidden mutual disdain between Canada's prime minister, Jean Chrétien, and President George Bush. It shows up in public opinion, too. A recent survey by Ekos, a polling firm, found that 51% thought that Canada's relations with the United States had deteriorated over the past year. In another poll, only 40% of respondents in (mainly French-speaking) Quebec, the most anti-war province, held a generally favourable view of the United States, a drop of 20 percentage points compared with nine months ago...........

[YardRat]

Sometimes neighbors squabble.

It's unfortunate that Bush has apparently taken a childish attitude toward Chrétien, but I would think the Canadien PM would be smart enough to not openly lobby for a candidate during an election.

[Mr.Chimp]

i like american girls, best women on tha planet that ive met so far....but i havent been to many places...they tell me they like my canadian accent

[jimmifli]

The wait at the border for trucks is very scary! 85% of our economy is with the US! If it gets more expensive for the US to deal with Canada we would be screwed.

[ticatfan3]

Originally posted by YardRat
Sometimes neighbors squabble.

It's unfortunate that Bush has apparently taken a childish attitude toward Chrétien, but I would think the Canadien PM would be smart enough to not openly lobby for a candidate during an election. That was his nephew raymond the ambassador,and he said that we could work better with gore than bush,looks like he was right.:)