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Pete McMartin: The dire state of the once-close relationship with our southern neighbours

If ever we need this patchwork quilt we call a country to stay together, it’s now.

A buddy phones from Windsor. Once next-door neighbours, now separated by a continent, we’ve kept in touch since our childhoods. We talk often.

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The subject turns to the U.S. and its narcissist-in-chief.

My buddy says: “You know, I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of Chinese tanks parked on the Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge, just so the Americans understand how pissed we are at them.”

And I say: “Funny you should say that. I’ve been having a similar thought recently that I wouldn’t mind seeing a Chinese aircraft carrier drop anchor in Vancouver harbour, just to give the U.S. the finger.”

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