Read this Washington Post story and see who ain’t there:

Wariness abroad of new order in U.S.

“Canada’s National” whatever is certainly running up the wariness flag as fast as it can:

With new Congress, Canada can expect trade, border flare-ups

But wasn’t it the Democrats who were trying to block the planned new pipeline for Alberta oil sands crude, besides hammering the sands themselves? So why the Globe’s instant wariness?  Creating more “news” to suit their agenda?  And Postmedia News is no better with a piece that really has very little to do with trade, and in which Jumpin’ Jack Layton tells a real porkie:

Republican tide likely to hit Canadian trade
Obama also ditches plan to legislate carbon cap-and-trade system
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NDP leader Jack Layton said he suspects trade relations will continue to dog the Canada-U.S. relationship…

He predicted Canada-U.S. trade will emerge as an issue in the run up to the presidential election in 2012, as it did during the campaign that ended with Obama’s election two years ago…

What blinking balderdash. If Canada-U.S. trade (as opposed to Mexico and NAFTA) was an issue in 2008 not one American in a thousand knew it. Canadians really need to get a grip on reality instead of stupidly navel gazing.

Otherwise some sense from Norman Spector about the Americans needing fewer Canadian pols:

Dumbest Canada-U.S. initiative ever
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In short, can we now agree that it’s a good idea for Canadian politicians to stay out of U.S. partisan politics entirely — however tempting it might be to curry favour back home by being seen to stand up for our values in the United States?

Mark
Ottawa