It’ got to be a standout irony in the longstanding US-Canadian relationship that while some 70% of Canadians would have voted for Barack Obama if they could that Canada has been completely shut out of the American market by Obama’s stimulus bill.
While America retains full access to procurement in Canada, it is the opposite for America’s “best friend and trading partner”.
Given conquering king treatment when he made his northern neighbour his first official visit as U.S. president last February, Obama promises that Canada would be safe from U.S. protectionism warmed the frigid weather that day.