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George Bush viewing paintings of the Four Indian Kings at Canada's National Archives.http://powerlineblog.com/archives/008840.php 

OTTAWA -- Unhappy with RCMP answers about what was seen as excessive security during last week's presidential visit, members of Parliament are setting their sights higher up the Mountie chain of command. MPs hauled an inspector and a sergeant-major on the carpet Tuesday to explain why some members and senators had a hard time getting through security lines during the presidential visit. They weren't happy with the answers and decided to call Dwight McCallum, assistant commissioner and director of protective policing, and Line Carbonneau, chief superintendent for protective operations, to appear next week. A suggestion to call Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli,...

No, really. Not everybody up in Molson Land is like that crazy, jackbooted lady MP we told you about last week. Okay, sure, some of them are--like the estimated 5,000 Canadians (plus Bob Dylan) who turned out in below-freezing weather to jeer President Bush during his state visit to Ottawa last week. "There are people here representing a wide range of opinions," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent Paddy Moore observed of the protesters, without apparent irony: "from anti-globalization, 'no to Star Wars,' support for Palestine, Marxism, not [to] mention exclamations like 'Queers hate Bush.'" Before the day was through, the aforementioned...

Sun, December 5, 2004 Alberta MP tips hat to Dubya By EARL MCRAE -- For the Ottawa Sun Myron Thompson's on his car phone from Alberta. He has the inside goods on the second most memorable event of his life, and a desperate plea needs to be issued. The picture. Where's the picture? "Photographers were in the room taking pictures. But, if there's one of me with him, nobody's told me. They weren't media, I don't know who they were." All Myron Thompson knows for sure is that between 3:30 and 4:30 the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004 in...

<p>OTTAWA - When the United States closed its airspace after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, more than 200 airliners were diverted to airports across Canada, where stranded travelers were welcomed into homes.</p> <p>President Bush was traveling Wednesday to Nova Scotia to give the Canadians a belated "thank you" for helping Americans in their hour of need - a gesture aimed at warming frosty ties between the neighboring nations.</p>

I did a search and could not find this already, so I apologize if it has already been posted. I was ready for some fightin' when I opened it on another forum, then realized it was a joke. And it's not even April 1st. http://world-cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/30/bush.arrest/index.html

· President Bush traveled to Canada this week. Canadians are not, we are told, happy with the President because of the whole Iraq thing. Memo to Canada: Americans don’t much care what you think because we know that Canada’s biggest asset is sharing a billion mile border with us. · Think I’m making this up? According to the CIA’s World Factbook, “Roughly 90% of the population lives within 160 kilometers of the US border.” · If Canada were located in Africa instead of North America, it would be a country of 32 million white people in loin cloths barely surviving...

The Washington Post’s always imaginative White House correspondent Dana Milbank and its dour front-page caption writers would have you believe that President Bush’s Canadian visit occurred in an atmosphere of tight-lipped circumspection. “During his two-day visit to Canada,” the caption writer opined, “Bush outlined a second-term foreign policy that would make international cooperation his administration’s top priority, but the president made clear that such cooperation must occur on his terms.” Meanwhile, I spent yesterday afternoon fielding calls from Canadians and especially Canadian journalists by no means friendly to the president who just could not stop enthusing about the wit, charm,...

Yesterday, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announced his resignation. President Bush said, "Tom Ridge has been a key member of my Cabinet, working to help make America safer and stronger." Today, President and Laura Bush traveled from Quebec to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the president delivered a speech thanking Canadians for helping stranded American airline passengers due to the attacks on 9/11. The First Couple returned to DC after their visit to Halifax, where President Bush received Nobel Prize winners in the Oval Office. Secretary of State Colin Powell is in Haiti, where gunfire erupted around the presidential palace where...

LOL http://www.idfisrael.com/bushinottawa.htm Let's link up the photos! These are great!

President Bush with his wife Laura and Prime Minister Paul Martin with his wife Sheila pose with members of the RCMP eng 150 30nov04 George Bush with his wife Laura and PM Paul Martin with his wife Sheila pose with members of the RCMP President Bush says memories of the September 11, 2001 attacks on America provide constant proof of the need for the international community to come together to fight terrorism and rebuild Iraq. The president went to an Atlantic Coast pier that is revered in Canada as the nation's historic gateway to the world. About one million immigrants...

JOHN WARD OTTAWA (CP) - Tongue firmly in cheek, President George W. Bush (news - web sites) paid tribute Wednesday to his mythical Canadian supporter, Jean Poutine. While he may have the reputation of a mangler of the English language, Bush used his Canadian visit to show that he - or his speech writers - can deliver a wit-laden line. The quips during his Canadian visit covered the landscape from the mad cow crisis, to hockey, to protesters and even a Rick Mercer CBC spoof. In Halifax on Wednesday, Bush gestured towards Prime Minister Paul Martin. "Paul and I share...

An Alberta Tory MP whose son served with the U.S. Army in Iraq delivered a personal message yesterday to the U.S. president: Not all Canadians are anti-Bush. Dennis Thompson, son of MP Myron Thompson, is a dual citizen who signed up for service south of the border in 1996 because the Canadian Forces were "downsizing." The 31-year-old army engineer served for a year in Iraq and could be dispatched to Afghanistan in the new year. Thompson, who joined Tory Leader Stephen Harper in a 30-minute private meeting with Bush, said the crowds of protesters in Ottawa don't represent all Canadians....

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please be seated. Thank you all very much. Thanks for the warm welcome. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you, and Mrs. Martin, for a fantastic dinner last night in Ottawa. We really loved it. My only regret today is that Laura is not with me. She is -- went home to thank those who have been decorating the White House for the great Christmas season that's coming up. I married well. (Laughter.) I appreciate the Premiers who are here. Premier Hamm, thank you for your hospitality. Premier Lord, Premier Binns, and Premier Williams, I...

Air Force One preparing for departure from Ottawa, with snow and icy conditions. Video feed from CBC shows AF1 being deiced under deteriorating weather conditions.

A White House spokesman today denied reports than President George Bush will defect or seek asylum in Canada as a way to protest what some experts see as a right-wing takeover of the U.S. government. The initial report apparently came from an unnamed Canadian immigration official who said, "Mr. Bush is a celebrity who is outspoken about his political views. Usually, when someone like that crosses the border, we just automatically start the asylum paperwork." The White House immediately denied the report, noting that while the president is disappointed that conservative lawmakers have blocked the intelligence reform bill, he loves...

President and Mrs. Bush left the White House this morning for a two day good will trip to Canada. The President and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin gave a joint press conference, and the President met with members of Parliament, and with opposition leader, Stephen Harper, and toured the National Archives Preservation Center in Ottawa. This evening, the President and First Lady attended an Official Dinner at the Canadian Museum of Civilization Grand Hall. They will travel to Halifax tomorrow. The President is leading with strength and certainty, so it’s a good time to be a Bushbot! ENJOY your trip...

The "5 fingered wave" has now gone international. For all of you Free Dominioners, and other principled conservatives, who stood in the cold for over three hours to welcome American President Bush to Canada, here is your reward. Personally...I feel overpaid. President Bush's realtime response to the "5 fingered wave"

This one is self-explanatory. Yahoo News caption: A U.S. flag burns on the ground during a candlelight vigil against the war in Iraq on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, November 30, 2004. The vigil was part of a day of protests against the visit of U.S. President George W. Bush. (REUTERS/Christinne Muschi)