Let me guess:
“Bless you” ?
You’re too kind, @Northern_Piper . I might use something a little stronger, but that’s just me.
Mine would have ”……..you” at the end but not “bless” at the beginning.
Bless your heart is three words…
Mine would have been two word, the second one being ———- you.
Yes, your point was already very clear. My post was meant to be slightly sardonic.
I think it’s past time for ‘elbows up’ to morph into ‘drop the gloves’.
What frustrates me is the number of companies and nations who are willing to grovel and submit to the current US administration. You have to stand up to bullies - appeasement never works!
Especially regarding nations, and as a Canadian, this really concerns me in that I fear that we’ll just be shut out of every other country’s successful suck-up program (eg the UK and the recent state visit). I can only hope that all of that is just a humungous time-buying exercise while, behind the scenes, all of the non-US “free world” nations are colluding on various deals and super-deals that exclude, and render us all somewhat safe from, economic punishment from the US.
And so far, I certainly trust Carney and, unless proven otherwise, I believe that we are fortunate to have him.
“difficult to find Canadians who are passionate about the American-Canadian relationship”
Oh, we’re passionate about it, just not in the way you want…
I hate to say it, but my country’s ambassador to our longtime ally in the north is either stoopid or willfully obtuse. Maybe… both?
Some pushback:
When you kick the dog, you can’t blame it for snarling back," said Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association and member of the prime minister’s Canada-U.S. relations council.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-ambassador-anti-americanism-pushback-canada-1.7639396