Debbie Schlussel: Canuck Whore: To Win Votes, Canada's Leader Attacks America


By Debbie Schlussel

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has a problem. With us.

We are Canada's #1 trading partner. 90% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. The failing Canadian economy--with bloated taxes (including the regressive G.S.T.), a plague-ridden socialized national health care system (the best do not become doctors there), scores of people on welfare (New Foundland, anyone?), and a province where people who pretend not to know English insist on speaking a foreign language and want to become a foreign country--can ill afford to offend potential foreign consumers.

So why is Paul Martin attacking America on the campaign trail? Because he's desperate to get re-elected. And a lot of Canadians--who benefit greatly from a favorable business relationship with the U.S.--hate us. Yes, Paul Martin is a political prostitute, and he's adding fuel to the fire.

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Angry Canuck: Canadian PM Paul Martin Hates America

Martin is blaming America for all of Canada's ills. From gang shootings in Toronto to global warming, anything happening in Canada is officially our fault. It might help if Canada didn't have gun control and law-abiding Canadians were allowed to protect themselves against criminals. Martin is mad that we won't sign the Kyoto treaty, but why should we sign an agreement that will put our great country into economic Siberia, when other countries that produce the most pollution won't sign it? I don't see Martin criticizing India and China in his campaign.

It's not like we don't have our own legitimate beefs with Canada--like why they continue to allow pseudoephedrine to be produced in his country and smuggled here, when it's a well-known meth ingredient. Canada won't outlaw the chemical, despite our pleas. Canada won't allow their border guards to be armed, causing security concerns for us on this side of the border.

The country's terrorism investigations are so lax as to be almost non-existent. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) hasn't done much. Take Abdullah Khadr, who ran an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. He's now living free in Toronto, while our own country holds his brother--who killed a U.S. Army medic in Afghanistan--where the entire Khadr family really belongs, Gitmo. The RCMP is "investigating." Whatever.

Remember Ahmed Ressam, the "Millenium Bomber"? He was a Canadian export to the U.S. And then, there is that little problem where Canada welcomed terrorist group Hezbollah until only recently, despite years of requests by our government and many concerned Canadians, too.

What does Martin say about this? Mum's the word.

Ironically, Martin came to power in December 2003 promising to repair relations with the United States. But he's making things worse. With a much stronger Canadian dollar these days, Canada can ill afford to attack the nationality of the dwindling number of U.S. tourists and shoppers.

Time for Paul Martin to put up or shut up. But he won't. Instead, he's escalated his attacks. When U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins asked for an end to the attacks on America, Martin told him not to dictate to him and admonished him to stay out of Canadian elections.

In America, we remember our friends AND our enemies--even if they border us to the North on our own hemisphere.


Posted by Debbie on December 16, 2005 12:13 PM to Debbie Schlussel