GW do not hate Bush, do not follow American politics to closely; unless it concerns an issue on trade between the countries. In most cases blame some people in congress on the trade problems. however hopefully presidents/prime ministers in the future can support trade between the nations.
Chretien did some good work in his 30+ years of elected office, however he stayed around a couple of years to long.
1. he never passed the leadership on to Paul Martin quickly enough, causing hatred between the Martin and Chretian camps.
2. his last budget he brought in was spending spending and more spending. a small tax cut would have been nice and more money to the municipalities.
3. he should have kept his mouth shut and controlled his staff. Many prime ministers of Canada and US cannot get along; however you should not publicized the fact.
DJV anyplace could be a target. correct heard an author last night stating that Cdn. does not realize the threat.
never realized we ship so much water to the US, maybe a future election issue.
in Alberta there is a farmer who has a cattle ranch on the border. His US neighbour also a cattle farmer have reported to Washingiton and Ottawa that people are breaking the fence and going across at night.
not sure into Canada or the US, or if they are smuggling anything. 15 border officials on the cdn. side and one helicopter are not enough for such a large area.
security could be improved by listening to these people and hiring maybe 50 more border (custom agents) on the Cdn. side.
the US could probably do the same thing.
finally IO where I live you can get snow storms in April, not to many Mexicans want to live in a region like that; and on those cold winter days when it is -53C (-40F=-40C) cannot say I blame them. LOL
thanks
selkirk