Alienating America - The Great Canadian Passtime

Alienating America - The Great Canadian Passtime

On Wednesday the US Senate decided to cave to environmentalists by blocking legislation that would permit oil drilling in Alaska'a Arctic Wildlife Refuge. According to the Calgary Herald this resulted in "sparing the Canadian government — at least temporarily — a bitter showdown with the Bush administration over the controversial plan."

So we fail in our responsibility as an ally during the Iraqi invasion (it's not what we did but the way it was done - you can disagree without humiliating the other party), our politicians hum about a trade war in response to trade dispute, we again humiliate our ally on the international stage by spouting off environmental rhetoric that our own behaviour is not congruent with, we refuse to participate (for purely domestic political reasons!) in North American missile defense - all in the name of invoking our right to our "Canadian identity".

The very fact that there are concerns that a Canadian government would interfere in the Americans' right to develop their own natural resources is a major affront to our reputation. By aligning ourselves with the environmentalists agenda we are acting against our own interests. By continually embarassing our most valuable ally and economic partner we are undermining our own survival.

No matter one's opinion of US behaviour over the last 60 years we must stop put an end to this nonsense. This relationship is much too important to our national interests.

The next time our prime minister or any public Canadian personality scandalizes us with an anti-American barrage, conservative-minded Canadians who understand the value a strong Canadian relationship with the United States should vigorously protest by filling up the offender's Inbox with letters of support for our greatest friend. And perhaps taking a moment to write a brief letter of apology to the Americans would help ease the impact of the insulting rhetoric.