We?ve been blacklisted as copyright pirates, blasted as a northern terrorist haven, been forced to squander billions on a matching Chrysler car company bailout and endure rising protectionism through sneaky "Buy American" policies and environmental safeguards.
The conclusion is hard to miss as irritants pile up across our southern border: U.S. President Barack Obama is becoming Canada?s worst political nightmare.
That?s a hard swallow because the man is so darn charismatic, and he proclaimed with great sincerity his love for Canada.
But behind the folksy, 1,000-watt smile lurks a president who is guiding a hostile Congress against us and appointing unfriendlies to implement policies that could soon turn those welcome-to-Canada smiles from just ten weeks ago into worried frowns.
The latest Obama administration move against Canada is to designate us among the world?s worst offenders in failing to crack down on those ripping off movie and music artists through wide-open illegal copying.
That?s ridiculous. Anyone who has trolled the markets of other blacklist members such as Indonesia, Pakistan or China knows full well their very public piracy epidemic is simply not matched in Canada, the only Western country on the U.S. list.
Add that to the moronic musings of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who says Canada is soft on undesireables and thus rates a border with a Mexico-level of intense security, and you?d have cause to get nervous that Canuck-bashing is becoming an American sport.
Thrown in Recovery Act buying restrictions that have Canadian business interests bracing for export challenges, new softwood lumber duties and costly food labeling disputes and, well, it?s only a matter of time before the same Parliament Hill that attracted thousands of rapturous Obamaniacs in February will be filled with protesters carrying signs pleading the unthinkable: Bring Back Dubya.
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The conclusion is hard to miss as irritants pile up across our southern border: U.S. President Barack Obama is becoming Canada?s worst political nightmare.
That?s a hard swallow because the man is so darn charismatic, and he proclaimed with great sincerity his love for Canada.
But behind the folksy, 1,000-watt smile lurks a president who is guiding a hostile Congress against us and appointing unfriendlies to implement policies that could soon turn those welcome-to-Canada smiles from just ten weeks ago into worried frowns.
The latest Obama administration move against Canada is to designate us among the world?s worst offenders in failing to crack down on those ripping off movie and music artists through wide-open illegal copying.
That?s ridiculous. Anyone who has trolled the markets of other blacklist members such as Indonesia, Pakistan or China knows full well their very public piracy epidemic is simply not matched in Canada, the only Western country on the U.S. list.
Add that to the moronic musings of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who says Canada is soft on undesireables and thus rates a border with a Mexico-level of intense security, and you?d have cause to get nervous that Canuck-bashing is becoming an American sport.
Thrown in Recovery Act buying restrictions that have Canadian business interests bracing for export challenges, new softwood lumber duties and costly food labeling disputes and, well, it?s only a matter of time before the same Parliament Hill that attracted thousands of rapturous Obamaniacs in February will be filled with protesters carrying signs pleading the unthinkable: Bring Back Dubya.
National Post
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