Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Anti-Americanism in Canada
Why do free-riders always bite the hand that feeds them?
6 Comments:
By 
Cassandra, at
Wed Jan 18, 08:19:00 AM:
Because there are no costs involved.
By Cardinalpark, at
Wed Jan 18, 10:51:00 AM:
I will now betray my thoughts on Mr. Martin and his like-minded countrymen.
Who cares? They are irrelevant.
By John B. Chilton, at
Wed Jan 18, 11:43:00 PM:
Let's accentuate the positive. The liberals have adopted a desperation campaign of America bashing, and Canadians will - if polls are accurate - reject that. To borrow mycroft's analogy, most teenagers do grow up to be responsible adults capable of self reflection.
By TigerHawk, at
Thu Jan 19, 09:32:00 AM:
All fair points, Aidan, although I would say that in comparing the ravings of a few south-of-your-border "anti-Canadian" bloggers with the political campaign led by your Prime Minister is a little strained. I have never complained about anti-American blog posts from Canada or even snotty press coverage (that I can recall), but it is another thing entirely when a head of state who sleeps under the blanket of freedom that my country provides (Col. Jessep moment, sorry) turns around and bashes my country to get votes in his own.
I say this as somebody who actually spent my early school years in Canada (Dundas, Ontario) and who remembers those days fondly. I also appreciate that there has been a strain of anti-Americanism in Canada forever -- after all, that's where our loyalists went in the 18th century (are there still people around who write U.E.L. after their name?).
By TigerHawk, at
Thu Jan 19, 09:33:00 AM:
By The Tiger, at
Thu Jan 19, 07:12:00 PM:
The truly sad thing is that Martin came to power vowing to repair Canadian-American relations that had deteriorated during Jean Chretien's time in office.
Stephen Harper, if elected, would be an interesting factor in this. He's one of the few Canadian politicians who probably would be a Republican if he were American. (Something of a Reaganite, I think...)
