There is a real good reason for that.
It is an emotional attachment, that is being broken, and people do not handle rejection well.
Whatever bonds that the junior partner had with the Americans, that is in serious doubt now.
When the towers went down on 9/11, the overwhelming reactions among Canadians was we were with the Americans on this.
Canada was a part of this coming war on terror. Because Canadians identify with the Americans, and felt the same way.
Prime Minister Harper set up a base in Kandahar Afghanistan where over 100 Canadians were sent to their deaths.
They died because that bond between Canada and America was worth it.
Now Uncle Trump sings a different tune.
Suckas!
You know, I am not white, so I cannot really judge how things are in the minds of the majority of Canadians.
Just reading the papers, seems like this bond is no longer there, just my impression.
The province of Ontario has over 100,000 jobs related to the auto industry, the same industry that the Americans want back inside their country and the hell with everyone else.
There is a real chasm there.
Not sure if time can heal that.