Just in case nobody noticed, and I can't think of a single reason why you would, the minority-led government of Canada fell today forcing new elections. By the way, Canada is north of the U.S. and its capital is ... ummmm ... Ottawa?
Anyway, Prime Minister Paul Martin was engulfed in a real scandal and told he no long had the moral authority to run the country. This from a Parliament that wouldn't know a moral from a hole in the ground unless someone through the unabridged King James Bible and hit them on the head with it.
It's pretty weird when you think of it. We are so U.S.-focused that it's doubtful more than a handful of people even knew this was going on. We think of Canada and hockey or snow is about all that comes to mind. Sure, the Canadians have a lot to do with that since many up there have looked down their noses at us in recent years. But having your neighbor become irrelevant is not healthy in any kind of geo-political terms. There may be a salvageable relationship there, but it will take a lot of searching for common ground to find it. Here's hoping we do.
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I in fact did hear about the demise of the governing coalition but indeed have no idea of its significance to me or US. I view Canada as a friend, perhaps unappreciated, and perhaps knowing that they don't exactly love the U.S., but are things bad?
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