In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy famously said, about the U.S.-Canada relationship, that: “Geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies.”
Fast-forward 65 years, and Canada and the United States are still neighbours, partners and allies. It just doesn’t feel like they are good friends right now. In some ways, the relationship feels less like a friendship than a very long marriage under strain. One partner is angry, the other partner distracted. Both are still deeply tied together by shared interests and a future that cannot easily be separated.
