I just got done posting about the harassment of Canadian band Godspeed You! Black Emperor when these news articles come in…
Tom Tomorrow points to a Globe And Mail story about Washington’s veiled threats against Canada for not supporting the Iraq invasion
At a breakfast speech to the Economic Club of Canada, Paul Cellucci, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, said “there is a lot of disappointment in Washington and a lot of people are upset” about Canada’s refusal to join the United States in its efforts to depose Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Although the relationship between the two countries will endure in the long-term, he said, “there may be short-term strains here.”
When asked what those strains will be, Mr. Cellucci replied: “You’ll have to wait and see.” But he cryptically added that it is his government’s position that “security trumps trade,” implying possible ramifications for cross-border traffic.
And Wired News is running a story about CompAtlanta refusing to sell to Canadians.
On eBay, the highest bid wins — unless the item on sale is a laser printer from CompAtlanta and the bidder happens to be Canadian.
That’s what a tax consultant discovered last week when he tried to buy a printer on eBay, but was refused by the vendor when it was discovered he lived in Vancouver.
David Ingram received notification that his winning bid of $24.50 had been canceled, along with this message: “At the present time, we do not ship to, or accept bids from, Canada, Mexico, France, Germany or any other country that does not support the United States in our efforts to rid the world of Saddam Hussein. If you are not with us, you are against us.”