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Why can he not be serious? He asked you to elaborate. I don't take offence from people I don't know and that includes pundits on both sides of the border. And are you saying that since an American idiot makes a moronic comment ( not you Yank ) that it is only fair we unleash our own morons?

   

It was probably an issue of a Canadian goverment official endorsing Gore over Bush before the elections. Childish, but thats politics. Let's not get way too off track here scape. I'm not going to tackle issues of torture and what the US needs that Canada has.

The point I am trying to bring up goes beyond politics, I think what the article is implying, is that the average US household is becoming more aware of the vocal left wing minority in Canada and its anti-American rant. This isn't anything new of course, but lately it has become more and more noticed south of the 49th.

If it were strictly politicians behaving badly, I don't think it would be an issue, I think it goes a little more beyond that lately, as far as we are concerned anyway.

   

I suspect it was more than just popular to bash Canada in the Bush admin and childish or not it had an effect. Example: Paul Cellucci

Rice was the only visit of substance as his visit was pre-ordained so it is Bush mixing poltics with economics not the people in Canada who vote for parties that are not in bed with the US.



Fiddle-faddle. It's posturing and Bush is and always has been playing to his base. Bush needs our energy but not our votes. So bashing Canada has been his pass time for his entire presidency, you say a lie loud enough and long enough people start to belive you.

   

An endorsement not held by PM chretein and extremely understandable considering that the best CAN/US relations were under Clinton and I will point out was a vastly insufficient reason for our treatment by bush.



Your media only ever reports on Canada when it says stuff like that because it sells. The average US household knows nothing about us and if they base their opinion on a few US media reports then it does speak volumes but not about us.



Really? Did it hinder our efforts to help in the wake of katrina? Have we pulled our troops from afganistan? Please explain where we are failing to support the US. Now lts discuss the continued US stance on softwood where they lose virtually every single ruling. The truth is that if Canada were any where near as anti-American as some of you think then there would actually be something for the US to cry about.

   

It means the cultural isolation of Canada will likely increase in the coming years.

If Canadian society is in danger of being ignored by the United States in the past, it will only happen more so in the future.

Hip, hip, ...oh, fudge.

   

and let's not forget the softwood lumber!
how many times does the US have to loose before it adhere's to the law?

   

Your response represents a total lack of knowledge of how politics work. Once again, childish, but thats the way it is.



Actually media reports of such seem to do alot better up there than down here. And you're right the average American doesn't know much about Canada, but as I stated they are becoming increasingly aware of the vocal minority.



Canada was born from anti-Americanism, thankfully it has deteriorated to the fringe left (what I call the vocal minority). How about we discuss thousands of other products crossing our border each and every day instead of softwood lumber? Or do you only see the glass half empty?

   

USA distancing itself from Canada

It'll never happen....politics will always ruin any good friendship. Each country relies on each other.

   

WOW, wrong. Go back and re-read my post and then present a report as to why you are incorrect.



Wrong again. We get far more of your media then you do ours. US relations/events/etc make up a major portion of our news while ours makes up at most a token part of yours. Many US poster on this forum tell us that the majority of Americans simply do not think about us and so when someone says anything bad about the US and it gets top billing.

I am curious. Did this get any press?



A comment so disgustingly ignorant. While many british loyalists did indeed flee to Canada our nation was already a fledgeling country in infancy. Since the US didn't really exist back then you can't call us "anti-American" in reference to that time period.

   

No I'm not wrong DerbyX, Chretien didn't endorse it but he made no effort to claim that person (I forget who it was) does not speak for the Canadian government, that is easily perceived as being agreeable with the comment, thats how politics are.



Actually we almost get none of your media to my knowledge, that's all we need to mend relations, having the CBC and their Fifth Estate claim 9/11 was an inside job. And many posters would be correct, about mainstream America that is, my particular situation is different, I am in charge of a non-proft organization that helps Canadian and American students for undergraduate studies, so most of my information about Canada (when I'm not travelling there) comes from the horses mouth so to speak, Canadians.

No press, it was in the news.



Oh ya, but I can, and I will, since you were a British colony at the time and the Brits had no love for the US for at least 100 years and then some, even your own Prime Minister used the US as a "bad experiment" on his election platform.

   

Now go back and look for the qualifying comment at the end of my quote and respond to that.

BTW, the US has spent the last 50+ years interfering/influencing/forcing the gov't of others then you can't possibly get bent out of shape over perceived non-support of a single US presidential candidate.



Pardon me? Got any links showing this? That shit all comes from your own home grown conspiracy nuts. Since you brought it up, care to comment about the lies you pesident told in order to link iraq to 9/11 when the links were all to saudi arabia, your buddy?



Where were you when I was an undergrad? J/K. Good for you.



Press is the news. No offense but I doubt it got any real copy and was probably dismissed out of habd by the vast majority of US citizens if they ever heard it.



You were a british colony also. Regardless, it was you who invaded us in 1812 and not vice-versa. It may also interets you to know that Canada had US invasion plans in the 1920's and the US had invasion plans in the 1930's.

I might also suggest you reseach the first US broken arrow. That was an invasion of Canada if I ever heard one and if the situation were reversed you know damn well you would not look at it favourably. Hint: atomic bombs & crashed in BC.

   

There are many countries that are interetsed in our goods, but we deal with the US because they are "right there" we can deal with othrs if need be but it would mean shipping more over seas by ship than just down interstate 15 by truck...

   

Er no it wasn't Carolyn Parrish was never a minister

   

As much as it may pain some of you to realise it, Canada and America need each other. Forget what that bozo from Fox tells you or what really nationalistic Canadians will tell you, we need each other. But, Canada is in the right on these recent trade issues, and we have more than enough right to make our own decisions without America whispering in our ear. This goes for Canada as well. Who are we to tell Americans what to do in their own country? They (and us) are more than capable of making intelligent decisions, although recently, that doesn't appear to be happening........

   

I'd to see where you found this info...... please send a link.

   

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