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Governmental Affairs (Canada-U.S. Relations)


Loyalists

  • Loyalist and post-loyalist immigration into Canada from the United States (from around 1783-1812) established and strengthened some of the earliest linkages between Canada and the US.
  • The term 'Loyalist' means an American colonist who remained loyal to the British Crown, many of which served alongside Britain in the American Revolution.
  • During this time, tens of thousands of Lo

North American Leaders' Summit 2016

  • In June 2016, Canada hosted the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, and the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, in Ottawa, Ontario for the tenth North American Leaders' Summit (NALS).
  • The main priorities of this meeting were to discuss job creation, strengthening communities, and a focus on clean economic growth for North America.
  • This was the first ti

The Third Option

  • The Third Option was a policy pronouncement by Mitchell Sharp in 1972, who was the Secretary of State for External Affairs Canada at the time, which proposed that Canada should begin strengthening its own economy and culture and reduce its dependence on United States.
  • At the time, there was great fear over Canada's economic future and lots of public discourse of Canada being absorbed into the United States' policies.