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echo: canpol
to: George Pope
from: Michael Grant
date: 2003-03-10 22:22:12
subject: Smoking Gun

Hello George.

09 Mar 03 15:38, you wrote to me:

 MG>> it will only participate if the actions are UN sanctioned. If the
 MG>> USA goes ahead anyways, what should Canada do? I feel in such a
 MG>> case, protesting the USA's unilateral actions would not be
 MG>> enough. Maybe it's time the USA was threatened with sanctions.

 GP> Nice WISH!!! :P

 GP> We're so dependent on the US for trade, we'd only be cutting OUR OWN
 GP> throats with any trade sanctions! (besides it being political suicide,
 GP> to hurt Canadian big business like that!) :P

Sanctions don't just have to be trade, they can be withdrawl of diplomats
and embassies, and withdrawl of cooperation with the USA. Canada doesn't
necessarily have to participate in sanctions, just show support for them.
It'd sure give the USA cause to stop and think...


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