Canada has found itself at loggerheads with the US over much of the final 15 years. Now there’s a new spirit of friendship – and political influenceIt’s been 20 years since the White House invited the neighbors from the north to dinner. On Thursday,Barack Obama is rolling out the red carpet for newly elected Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, who will be America’s guests of honor at a swanky dinner.
This may be Obama’s final state dinner and Canada has been final on the list. Since 2009, or he has invited China twice and Mexico,India, Germany, and the United Kingdom,France and Japan. But relations with the northern neighbor possess been frosty since the Bush regime because of Iraq, then the Obama presidency because of Keystone pipeline. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com