Obama, Harper and the end of the affair
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Obama, Harper and the end of the affair
Paul Wells
June 9, 2014
My unshakeable belief is that the U.S.-Canada relationship is strong and thriving, Bruce Heyman said the other night at the National Gallery of Canada on Sussex Drive. It was a big night, for Bruce Heyman is the new American ambassador to Canada, and he had not yet shared his thoughts on relations between our two countries. Turns out he likes to look on the bright side. Hell need to.
Heyman is a cheerful Chicago investment banker who raised campaign funds for Barack Obama. He replaces David Jacobson, a cheerful Chicago lawyer who raised campaign funds for Barack Obama. As with much else in the Obama presidency, one senses a trend. He was not offering his first diagnosis of the bilateral relationship a moment too soon, because he was speaking 18 months before the 2016 Iowa presidential caucuses. Any later and he would have run into the next presidents ambassador. (These things take time. Obama had so many fundraisers to choose from. The Senate was in no rush to confirm the appointment.)
Now here Heyman is and, after a three-week tour of Canada, he was pleased to share his impressions. Basically, he said, everythings great, as long as you dont notice the two guys in charge.
He praised the border5,000 miles!and the integration of the two countries economies. Its not just that we make things together, he said. Now, were making more things together. He was bullish on investment. If you live in one country and want to do business in the other, he suggested, call the American embassy here in Ottawa, something most businesses never do.