Posted on 11/3/2009, 2:47:31 AM by RobinMasters
Canadians are no more loving of the United States under its current leadership than during George W. Bush's presidency, suggested a poll published Monday. But they do like President Barack Obama a whole lot more than his predecessor, said the Historica Dominion Institute survey of 1,018 Canadians.
Obama was viewed favorably by 86 percent of respondents, compared to only 21 percent for Bush in 2005.
"What's striking about these findings is how Canadians have detached their personal view of Barack Obama, whom they quite like and respect, from the United States, which they still view with skepticism, even distrust," said Andrew Cohen, president of the institute.
Compared to results of a similar poll taken four years ago, Canadians have a marginally improved view of Americans as individual people, with 71 percent expressing a favorable view in 2009 versus 68 percent in 2005.
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But, you guys, what does it mean? Are they amassed along the border with field glasses watching us? And what would they be watching for? They ‘distrust’ us. Umm, in what way?
Ping to post # 20.
What nation is the largest trading partner of the United States?
Canada: Leading the world in being just north of the United States since 1783.
But this is a poll of 1,018 Canadians and I still don’t know what they don’t trust us over.
Where is Canada?
If Canadians hates US so much, we may have a choice to close the borders and cut off our exports and have the dirty liberal Canadians starve to death.
Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries
August 2009 Import Highlights: October 29, 2009 Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in August 2009 has been released and it shows that three countries exported more than 1.00 million barrels per day to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 64 percent of United States crude oil imports in August while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 84 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for August were Canada (2.007 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.057 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.007 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.877 million barrels per day), and Saudi Arabia (0.745 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Iraq (0.500 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.404) million barrels per day), Angola (0.352 million barrels per day), Brazil (0.269 million barrels per day), and Columbia (0.260 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 8.883 million barrels per day in August, which is a decrease of (0.344) million barrels per day from July 2009.
Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in August, exporting 2.524 million barrels per day to the United States, which is a decrease from last month (2.639 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.159 million barrels per day.
Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Aug-09 Jul-09 YTD 2009 Aug-08 YTD
2008 CANADA 2,007 2,110 1,928 1,873 1,926<> MEXICO 1,057 985 1,126 1,292 1,209
VENEZUELA 1,007 865 1,014 1,146 1,049
NIGERIA 877 858 694 1,035 998
SAUDI ARABIA 745 1,137 1,022 1,533 1,537
IRAQ 500 365 459 663 675
ALGERIA 404 143 253 348 313
ANGOLA 352 320 484 483 512
BRAZIL 269 375 332 169 217
COLOMBIA 260 286 261 247 190
RUSSIA 229 267 266 120 126
KUWAIT 148 261 179 203 205
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 132 123 96 123
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ECUADOR 131 112 192 291 209
UNITED KINGDOM 72 45 112 41 58
Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Aug-09 Jul-09 YTD 2009 Aug-08 YTD
2008
CANADA 2,524 2,639 2,459 2,247 2,473
MEXICO 1,159 1,316 1,265 1,401 1,318
VENEZUELA 1,070 959 1,138 1,305 1,207
NIGERIA 917 879 735 1,166 1,066
SAUDI ARABIA 766 1,153 1,053 1,573 1,556
ALGERIA 551 329 473 530 526
RUSSIA 512 637 621 490 491
IRAQ 500 365 461 663 675
ANGOLA 364 320 494 495 523
BRAZIL 275 392 350 208 245
COLOMBIA 269 305 284 257 210
UNITED KINGDOM 225 188 248 222 218
VIRGIN ISLANDS 223 273 291 298 326
NETHERLANDS 160 118 144 143 163
KUWAIT 148 261 182 203 208<> Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories.
I suggest you look at post # 30 and see how long we in the US would last without Canadian oil.
Idiot.
I live on the border. My Canadian Friends all realize Obama is ruining the country; and in turn it will also affect them;;; and they know it too. Most of my Canadian Friends are Athabaskan Indians & Halfbreeds but half their relatives are Alaskans. So I wouldn’t get on too much an anti-Canada kick. They are just like us, out in the west; they can’t wait till Obama is outta there too. Heck, where would Canada get all their nice guns from if Obama had his way?
Right above a pool of oil that is the most exported to the US.
Great post.
Foreign affairs and trade.
Well, I don’t trust their bacon!
It’s neither Canadian, nor particularly bacony.
Don’t know if you have been pinged to this thread yet ping.
LOL! Yes, and you forgot to mention Canada’s sound banking system (I have a few friends/acquaintances at TD). My remark was purely tongue in cheek, although metro Toronto is still filled with walking, talking feminine hygiene product.
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