Canada

Bush To Canada: Shut Up - Or Else
26-Mar-03
Canada

AP reports, "The U.S. ambassador to Canada took the unusual step on Tuesday of openly criticizing Ottawa for not backing the war on Iraq and urged Prime Minister Jean Chretien to muzzle anti-U.S. sentiment in his government. The comments by an angry Paul Cellucci dramatically reflected how much relations between the two close allies and trading partners have deteriorated over the last few months, mainly as a result of the Iraq crisis... 'Security will trump trade, there is no doubt about that,' Cellucci told reporters, saying there could be unspecified 'short term' strains in the relationship given U.S. unhappiness with Canada."