American politics

Kerr said the punishing tariffs demonstrate that the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush does not support free trade as it claims.

"Frankly, if I were the Bush administration, I would be ashamed big time," Kerr said.

OK, there is the caffufle with the whole "runaway production" thing where the Americans are whining about film production being done in Canada because it is cheaper to do here. My reaction to this is a big Pierre Elliot Trudeau one-finger salute pointed south. Our film industry has been hobbled since the 1920's thanks to our unwilling inclusion in the American film distribution system's "domestic" market.