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Question: Mr. President, why did you block the reimportation of safer and inexpensive drugs from Canada which would have cut 40 to 60 percent off of the cost? Bush: I haven't yet. Just want to make sure they're safe. When a drug comes in from Canada, I want to make sure it cures you and doesn't kill you….I've got an obligation to make sure our government does everything we can to protect you. And what my worry is, is that, you know, it looks like it's from Canada, and it might be from a third world.1

Assesses the character of US-Canadian security relations. After sketching the core realities of post-9/11 Canadian security policy, it is asserted that Canadian domestic politics are inextricably tied to national security relations with the US. Attention turns to the propagation of a Canadian connection to terrorism from within the US, noting criticisms coming from public officials, including the administration, which has questioned Canadian handling of noncitizens. Illegal US tactics, eg, mass detentions & rendition, as well as its illegal invasion of Iraq are outlined, contending that the US has undermined its own capacity to global leadership by squandering the political capital it had garnered after 9/11. The issue of intelligence sharing takes on importance following the US-British failures in Iraq. Canadian policy options are then considered, focusing on the notion of Canadian cooperation with regard to the US national missile defense scheme. Ultimately, Canada must maintain close cooperation with the US with respect to the war on terror while maintaining distance from various dimly viewed aspects of US global leadership. J. Zendejas

Several aspects of the Canadian Israeli lobby are examined. An argument for calling the pro-Israeli interest group the Canadian Israeli lobby instead of the Canadian Jewish lobby is presented. Attention is then directed toward exploring the Canadian Israeli lobby's political connections; whereas the American Israeli lobby has forged robust relations with conservative Jews, the Christian Right, & Southern whites, it is noted that its Canadian counterpart possess few strong political connections & less influence over national media. Nonetheless, several key allies of the Canadian Israeli lobby are identified, eg, columnist & author Norman Spector. The Canadian Israeli lobby's post-Sept 11 2001, strategies for influencing national foreign policy toward the Middle East are subsequently addressed; specific attention is dedicated to ascertaining the lobby's efforts to have certain Middle Eastern groups recognized as terrorist organizations & to challenge anti-Israeli positions articulated at Canadian universities. It is suggested that a novel framework for contemplating Israeli-Palestinian relations, one that does not necessarily interpret pro-Palestinian or neutral positions as anti-Semitism, in needed in Canada. Adapted from the source document.