The Republicans have held a majority in the House since 1995 and the Democrats need more than 15 seats to gain control. (It's also worth noting that 36 state governors will also be elected on Nov. 7.)
By any measure these days, Canada isn't terribly high on the American political agenda.
"There's so much acrimony in the U.S. these days, Canada isn't very high on our acrimony radar screen," notes Gordon Giffin, former U.S. ambassador to Canada. "The senior political levels in Washington are just glad they can meet Canadian officials and no longer face the softwood rants over and over."
Still, even with softwood settled, a shift of power in the House of Representatives could have major implications for Canada.
For one thing, Democrats have a long tradition of being much harder on free trade and more inclined to listen to those who lobby for domestic protection of their markets.
That inclination would be greatly exaggerated, furthermore, if predictions of a softening of the U.S. economy come to pass. Economic downturns have historically led to a more contentious tone on trade issues.
Another cross-border file that could flare if the Democrats prevail in the House is the importation of lower-priced Canadian pharmaceuticals into the U.S. Although the practice is currently illegal in the U.S., the Democrats have promised to repeal that law and allow the flow to increase.
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Election Could Throw U.S.-Canada Relations Into Tailspin
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Come on, tell me EXACTLY how we will benefir from it?
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
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Everybody got to deviate from the norm
... and that's about where I stopped reading this drivel.
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Draining Canada first<br />
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by Michael Vickerman<br />
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Petroleum and Natural Gas Watch, Vol. 5, Number 8<br />
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Sating America’s prodigious energy appetite depends on the continued availability of Canadian energy sources. About 25% of the crude oil and 80% of the natural gas imported into the United States come from our very accommodating neighbor to the north. More than half of the fuel pumped out of Canadian wells heads south to keep us Yankees warm and happily tooling about on our highways.<br />
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Even though the Canadian economy is no less dependent on hydrocarbon energy than ours, Canada has been drilling as many wells as necessary to keep the high-maintenance American economy humming. If this pedal-to-the-metal production policy were applied to a non-strategic product like, say, maple syrup, few people would care about the consequences. But there is nothing on the horizon to replace the nonrenewable high-density energy sources that Canada so generously sends our way.<br />
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This begs the question: how long can Canada go on behaving like America’s most compliant energy colony?<br />
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Not very long, according to David Hughes, a petroleum geologist with the Geological Survey of Canada. Speaking before the World Peak Oil Conference held in Boston last week, Hughes painted a remarkably pessimistic picture of Canada’s energy future, especially regarding natural gas.<br />
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SNIP<br />
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A potentially wrenching resource conflict is now brewing on our continent, thanks to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), under which Canada effectively gave up sovereignty over its fossil energy inheritance. As a signatory, Canada is prohibited from cutting back energy exports, even in the event of a domestic supply crunch. But how long would Canada honor its obligations under NAFTA if doing so resulted in its citizens freezing to death? American policymakers would be wise to explore how that scenario might play out.<br />
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<a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/21899.html">http://www.energybulletin.net/21899.html</a>
In other words, contrary to the claims of our PM and premiers, our economy is not "booming", but stagnating and falling backwards.
We're living on borrowed time, like some idiot who sells his house, gambles off the money, then has nowhere to sleep.
Ed Deak.
Are canadian reporters retarded? It's completely the opposite.
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/us/politics/02poll.html?ex=1163221200&en=b7694469da345e76&ei=5070&emc=eta1">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/02/us/politics/02poll.html?ex=1163221200&en=b7694469da345e76&ei=5070&emc=eta1</a><p>---<br>"Son, if you wanna get ahead in this world, never work for another man as long as you live."
Harper did serve an American purpose. Who knows, maybe the Americans can use him again sometime. Even the Democrats my need him to silence the Canadian population on another matter.
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush
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"Son, if you wanna get ahead in this world, never work for another man as long as you live."
Yeah, he serviced Bush, screwed us, and got paid like the cheap political whore that he is.
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"and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"
"The Weapon" - Rush