US Not Such A Good Neighbour

Mallick predicted that once Americans start feeling the effects of global warming—around 2030—they will invade Canada for water. She said that Canada will remain liveable if it prepares for global warming, but she presumed the US wouldn’t prepare and, as a result, will suffer. “Their pursuit of happiness doesn’t encompass lowered expectations,” she said. “They will have our water, and if we do not want to give it to them, then at that point, I believe we will be attacked.” But some who have studied international affairs aren’t so sure about the invasion that Mallick predicts. Aimee Fullman, who presented a workshop on Canadian and American culture at an international youth leadership conference held in Edmonton last August, said that Americans aren’t even thinking about it. “If anything, many Americans see Canada as a great refuge for a new life when they just can’t take it anymore,” Fullman, an American, said via email, pointing to the unpopularity of George Bush among Americans as partial justification for this movement. http://www.thegatewayonline.ca:80/us-not-such-a-good-neighbour-mallick-20071016-1074.html [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 18, 2007]

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