Canadian/American Relations

[DEEJ85]

What does everyone think about the relationship between our two countries? We share the biggest border in the world and seem to be on fairly amicable terms (as countries go).

are each of these two countries treating the other with equality and respect? Is one country exploiting the other?

Is Canada just a lackey of the U.S.?

This is one of my favorite videoclips made by a Canadian political satire show.

YouTube - 22 Minutes Apology to America

[Gods_Mercenary]

Canada's probably not just a lackey, they certainly play the part less than the English. Obviously a equal relationship isn't going to be achieved between a superpower and a not so super, if modern, power. Great video clip, by the way.

[Nono]

Quote by: DEEJ Is Canada just a lackey of the U.S.?

Quote by: Gawd Canada's probably not just a lackey, they certainly play the part less than the English.

Meaning that Canada post-911 isn't as embarrassingly ass-kissing as the UK under Blair. But that is thanks to former prime minister Jean Chrétien, not to running-dog-lackey Stephen Harper. Chrétien told Bush to piss off in the run-up to the Iraq fiasco. Harper would have said "Yez'boss. Jes how high y'all want me to jump?"

Somehow Canada has survived as an alternative model of North Americanism. Maybe it's the harsh climate that forced people to be more socially cooperative ("We're all in this together.")

In any case, there's a significant difference between the two countries. The 49th parallel, once an abstract line drawn on a map, is now identifiable from outer space owing to differences in agriculture, irrigation and settlement.