canada-us attitudes

Anti-Americanism seems embedded in the Canadian psyche. When I was young, Canadian school children were taught how shameful it was for United States to delay its entry into World War II and take up the fight for freedom and democracy.

Canada declared war on Nazi Germany shortly after Britain. The United States stayed out until Pearl Harbor. As a schoolboy, I learned about mean-spirited US isolationists, who rejected any global responsibility. I learned about Nazi apologists in the pre-war United States and about anti-British sentiments.