If the American government wants to act like a pissy brat with the people who don't agree with their policies and politics, there is little Canada can do about it, diplomatically speaking.

And I really think that's the bottom line of it, which is why my mood was 'disappointed' rather than 'pissed off'. And now the Three Musketeers want the SPP so Canada and Mexico can get even more chummy with US policies and the US can impose even more of their rules and regs. Grr, Argh. I really think that the US wants to take over the planet, or at least make the planet conform to their specifications and "values." If guns don't work, economics will. If there are common policies, you can bet that most of them will be the policies of the United States and not Mexico or Canada. It really is Rome all over again.