But I think it would be entertaining to totally close the US/Canadian border to ALL traffic for ONE day, each time one of their people mouths off like this. It would do little real harm when all the tractor-trailers full of Canadian plywood sit at the roadside for a day, but would make an indelible statement that would cause a lot of reflection and soul-searching.Not to pick any fights here...How about opening the disconnects to the power grid too !! Then you can re-think the situation when you don't have any cheap hydro electric power heading south from Canada, those 500kv lines from north of 49 come in real handy down here south of 49. It is not the people who are trying to make a living in that "workers utopia" that are to blame, it is the idiots in Ottawa that are making things worse, why punish a truck driver for that? It's no wonder why so many Canadians move to the USA..it's simply to get away from the nitwits and their agendas in Eastern Canada
Not to pick any fights here...How about opening the disconnects to the power grid too !! Then you can re-think the situation when you don't have any cheap hydro electric power heading south from Canada, those 500kv lines from north of 49 come in real handy down here south of 49.Good point. But a day of that a few short times might help a lot of perceptions on each side. There is nothing wrong with a brief reminder once in a while of interdependence, since it appears everyone takes it all for granted.
Let the Canadians be reminded of their need for our markets, and let the lawmakers and power industry be reminded that choosing capital equipment limits and other obstructions on new power generation on this side have their prices, too.
People are just taking too much for granted, whether it is cheap power here, or calling people "Bastards" there.
This is one of the few threads where I have no axe to grind, since I live in the US, and have family in the Maritimes. I just think too many people are forgetting who their friends are.