The mayor of a Canadian border city says the prime minister and premiers should speak to communities like his about frustration with the United States that is bubbling up over president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and comments about absorbing Canada.

“[The relationship] is deteriorating and people are saying they’re not going to cross the border,” said Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., which has a border crossing with Port Huron, Mich.

“I’m hearing it on a constant basis: 'We don’t want to do that anymore because we’re being disrespected.”

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    I don’t think it is forceful - Trump said it would be economic

    we’ve been “common law married” for 100+ years. “You don’t get to eat unless I have the fuller authority given to me by official marriage” is an extortion that is violent/unwelcome. Marrying the US comes with having to pay its huge credit card debt.

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      And they’re becoming increasingly senile and violent and doing things like this.

      In the 80’s when we set up NAFTA it was a smart move, and there wasn’t really a reason not to integrate ever closer with America. That’s over now. We need to protect ourselves from them.