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An Open Letter

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Dear Canada,

Next time you decide to inter­fere with one of our elec­tions, please get the story straight. (See Attach­ment A for reference.)

Love,

The South­ern­most Province

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Attach­ment A:

From an arti­cle in today’s Globe and Mail:

At the end of an extended con­ver­sa­tion, Mr. [Ian] Brodie was asked about remarks aimed by the Demo­c­ra­tic can­di­dates at Ohio’s anti-​NAFTA voters that car­ried seri­ous eco­nomic impli­ca­tions for Canada.

Since 75 per cent of Cana­dian exports go to the U.S., Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton’s mus­ings about reopen­ing the North Amer­i­can free-​trade pact had caused some concern.

Mr. Brodie down­played those concerns.

“Quite a few people heard it,” said one source in the room.

“He said some­one from (Hillary) Clinton’s cam­paign is telling the embassy to take it with a grain of salt. . . That some­one called us and told us not to worry.”

(via Talk­ing Points Memo)

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