There will be. Make sure you include Creighton and some others in there--having taken some history courses and a degree in some of our institutions.
You mentioned this notion of Canadian values, and you talked about freedom and democracy. I don't think anyone would argue with that. But there are also the Canadian values of peace, order, and good government. What we see presently is that—particularly when you juxtapose our governance structure with that of the American structure—when it comes to regulation, certainly we're the envy when you look at our banking system.
I have to say, just for the record, I know our government likes to declare that this is something that is an advantage--I agree with them--but I also note that in the 1980s the present government wanted to deregulate. So I think we have to be clear about how we remain a strong system that people envy.
I want to just lay that out, because if we're going to remain with the kind of dichotomy you presented, of being independent—but of course geography dictates that we're together—when it comes to regulation and policy, what pitfalls do we have to be aware of?
I couldn't agree with you more in terms of it being easy to bash the Americans for this or that. That doesn't get us anywhere. It also insults my cousins who live there. But it is something we have to be smart about. When it comes to both foreign policy and continental policy, it's not all-in. We don't want to just tip the hat.
So what are some of the pitfalls and things that we should be really cautious about when it comes to our relations with Washington?