Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
29 December 2011
Canada/U.S. Relations
A group calling themselves the New York Hunters,
who don’t seem to have been too smart,
decided to invade Canada in 1838
There’s always been a rather smug streak of anti-
Canada’s International Trade Flows
As one of the world’s greatest trading nations, Canada depends heavily on one customer
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North American Free Trade Agreement
The trade agreement that most affects Canada is NAFTA, which ties the United States,
Mexico, and Canada together in a rules-
Prime Ministers and Presidents Part One
Sometimes, the leaders of Canada and the United States are friendly, sometimes they don’t get along very well
Prime Ministers and Presidents Part Two
In the late 1950s relations between the leaders
of Canada and America entered a long, chilly phase
Prime Ministers and Presidents Part Three
When Brian Mulroney became prime minister in 1984 relations with American warmed up considerably
Prime Ministers and Presidents Part Four
From the bad feelings of the Bush years
to the warmth of the Barack Obama presidency
Americans settled in Canada because they opposed the creation of the republic.