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To: gamesmistress who wrote (87024)	3/27/2003 3:31:45 PM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 281500

I have no idea what the current situation will do to the US-Canada relationship long-term. Probably it will just stumble along. At least Canada is not pro-actively trying to stop every US initiative just because the US is behind it, as France is. There will be two types of damage: formal and informal. The formal diplomatic damage will be a small slap on the wrist. It serves nobodies interests to increase friction costs are the borders. The informal damage will come from the damaged trust in the relationship. This will be more severe than the formal damage but still mostly minor. The good news is that this may finally be an issue big enough to heal the east/west split in the conservative movement in Canada and after a decade some real opposition will exist for the Liberal party. I believe that this is where Brian Mulroney is driving with his suddenly increased profile. A political party with no effective opposition is an awful thing to behold. Paul