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Striking the balance in Canada-U.S relations.

Publication: Canadian Speeches
Publication Date: 01-JAN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1277 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Canada is "just another country" in the eyes of the United States. Canadians worry over sovereignty, but we still desire the economic benefits of being neighbors to the most influential nation in the world. Canada needs to strike a balance between economic progress and retaining our sense of self, values, and sovereignty. Speech to the Borderlines Conference in Montreal, October 31, 2002.

We should not frame our discussion through the lens of "North American integration." This is misleading. Americans have no interest in this issue, in fact they are not even aware that it is an issue. Only the Canadian business community, government, and some academics believe that the issue exists at all. The Canadian public would be surprised to find out that there are debates about North American integration going on, and would certainly react with reticence and overt hostility to the very concept. Instead, we should frame our discussions in the context of the following question: how should we approach and define our relationship with the United States so as to best promote our own self-interest, and by self-interest I include both our material self interest and our...

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