May they go the way of France, then.
Well, maybe I shouldn't say that. Before I was at all for the wise about the politics of the world, I just assumed Canadians liked us. And in my travels, I was greated warmly by people in Calgary and in Alberta. Montreal was a different story.
In any case, I loved the people of Alberta and some of those I encountered in Quebec.
Out of curiosity, have there ever been polls of Americans and how they think about different countries?
I can't say that I ever disliked Cananda until I began to learn about how much they disliked us. Same thing with France. I disliked the hyperliberalism you saw there and the decline of the church pained and saddened me, but I didn't hold a dislike for them at all.
I guess what I'm saying is that most Americans are going to have fairly positive views of Spain, Italy, and Canada. It just doesn't seem that the feeling is mutual.
I think to a lot of average Canadians, Alberta is already half way to the US border by their perspectives. It is often riled as the fifth columns of the United States.
Most Canadians love Americans.