SC, Canada has always been America's friend in my lifetime, but I had no idea of the depths of their kindness until I visited the country with a University of Illinois tour in October of 2006 as wife of my now late husband, an alumni. Canada people are more than kind to everyone. I don't see any ill will nor wrongdoing on Canada's part, just because what had every appearance of a business transaction that had investors or a sales group north of our border who likely had no more interest in the transaction than being intermediaries. I could be wrong, but I cannot find fault in as staunchly good Canadians as we met on our tour, and I especially loved the quilt show in Ontario and ohhhh, lovely Lake Louise and the autumnal sight of orange tamarack trees along the way. Oh, and not to mention the billion and one Canadian geese training their young for their migration to a warmer hemisphere before winter set in. So charming. *SIGH*
And as for the bad stuff, who knew?