While I'm sure this is merely the WSJ's attempt to generate some controversy by coming back to this issue again, many don't seem to realize that a lot of the re

While I'm sure this is merely the WSJ's attempt to generate some controversy by coming back to this issue again, many don't seem to realize that a lot of the reasons against a US-Canada merger are not economic or financial, they are political/social. A lot of Canadians have a very contradictory love-hate relationship with the US. In fact a great deal of vitriol spewed at our current PM revolves around how his conduct and policies are too American in nature: pro-attack ads, anti-gun control, anti-abortion, naively pro-Israel, etc etc etc. There would be huge public opposition to such a merger in Canada.