The Changing of the Guard
| Author | Christopher Sands |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200506000217 |
| Date | 01 June 2005 |
| Published date | 01 June 2005 |
| Subject Matter | Management & Institutions |
Christopher
Sands
The changing of
the guard
When
President George W Bush visited Canada in late 2004, he declined
an invitation to address parliament and chose instead to give the major
speech
of his
trip
in Halifax before an audience of Atlantic Canadians,
including provincial premiers, several mayors, and
local
officials.
Two
weeks later, outgoing secretary of homeland security Tom Ridge met with
his counterpart,
deputy
prime minister and minister of public safety and
emergency
preparedness Anne
McLellan
in Detroit, where the two met
with
local
stakeholders to discuss border management issues.
At
roughly the same time, the province of Alberta sent an
official
rep-
resentative to Washington, joining Québec as the second province with its
own representation there. In the
fall
of 2004, Canada's Department of
Foreign
Affairs expanded its representation in the United States with seven
new consulates and
offices,
raising Ottawa's profile in the southeastern and
southwestern United States, in particular.
These
new initiatives and departures from past practice in the man-
agement of the US-Canada relationship reflect a larger transformation
underway. The traditional pattern of Canadian relations with the United
States
is being altered by three powerful dynamics. First, a generational
Christopher
Sands
is a
senior
associate
at the
Center
for
Strategic
and
International
Studies
in
Washington,
DC.
I International
Journal
|
Spring
2005
| 483 |
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