Like many Canadians, I watched as CBC breathlessly covered every second of Obama’s Canadian vacation. And reading the reviews afterwards, one article caught my eye. Some highlights:
On trade:
The prime minister responded by giving the president a bit of a lecture, remarking that Canada’s stimulus package “actually removed duties on some imported goods.”
The exchange was an awkward moment in a visit that was intended by both leaders to emphasize their countries’ friendship and longstanding bonds.
On America’s relationship with Canada’s Next Government (patent pending):
If Mr. Obama is not entirely simpatico with Mr. Harper, he may have more in common with Canada’s opposition leader, Michael Ignatieff of the Liberal Party. Mr. Ignatieff is an author (like Mr. Obama) and a former director of a human rights center at Harvard, where he worked alongside Samantha Power, who advised Mr. Obama on foreign policy during his campaign.
And of course my favorite part of the trip:
Filed under: Damn Yankees, Oh, Canada
Good NYT article and great photo.
Harper did better than expected during the press conference and is benefitting in the Canadian press from that, but the NYT article doesn’t let Harper off the hook for his adulation of George W Bush.
Looks like that photo made it to Times Square:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ignatieff/3294597292/