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To: American Spirit who wrote (824)	3/29/2006 11:58:55 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Canadians turning more sour on U.S., poll finds BRIAN LAGHI theglobeandmail.com Stephen Harper heads into his first meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush tomorrow with a new poll suggesting he keep a healthy political distance from his increasingly unpopular American counterpart. "There'll be no Irish Eyes Are Smiling," said Allan Gregg, head of the Strategic Counsel, the firm that conducted the poll. Mr. Gregg was referring to a much-noted appearance of Canada's last elected conservative prime minister, Brian Mulroney, and U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who crooned together on stage at the so-called Shamrock Summit in Quebec in 1985. However, The Globe and Mail/CTV News survey shows that Canadians hold a negative view of both Mr. Bush and the United States. Only 7 per cent of respondents say that their perception of the United States has grown more positive over the past few years. The poll also found that 69 per cent of Canadians believe Mr. Bush's election was a bad thing, compared with 58 per cent who thought the same way right after he was given a second term. By contrast, 19 per cent think his election was positive, down seven points from November of 2004. Mr. Harper, Mr. Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox will begin their meetings in Cancun, Mexico, tomorrow.