"A lot of people in Washington don't understand the degree of social integration between our two countries."
There are already rumblings about delaying the rule requiring passports from air and sea travellers to the United States that's supposed to go into effect next Jan. 1, although American officials insist they're on track.
"I think they've already talked about pushing that one back because they're not ready," said Cellucci, who noted that Bush wasn't crazy about the land-crossing plan in some of his early comments on the issue.
http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=26167
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>>The two countries will "have a union in everything but name" in 10 or 15 years, said Cellucci<<
I think this totally says it all from the American point of view on Canadian sovereignty.
Everything including a Governor not an Ambassador but no citizenship!
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire?
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