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PAM FRAMPTON: Trump is shredding ties between Canada and U.S.

Historic bonds of friendship eroded by mistrust

In a section of St. John’s called Pleasantville, not far from where I live, there is a network of streets that form the shape of a Stetson — a pattern only discernible from the sky.

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The story goes that a Texan who helped design Fort Pepperrell, the U.S. military base on that site which operated from 1941 to 1961, came up with the Stetson design as a nod to his own roots.

It is a tangible reminder of the close bonds Newfoundland and Labrador once shared with the United States — bonds that have been weakened by the actions and attitudes of the current president.

Every province and territory in the country has its own relationship with our southern neighbours, including Atlantic Canada.

P.E.I. exports nearly 80 per cent of its goods, like potatoes and lobster, to the U.S.

Nova Scotia has a deep connection to New England and still sends a Christmas tree to Boston every year as a ‘thank........

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