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we'll do what we want to

This is not the thing to do to our one of our 2 closest neighbors and often our strongest ally. It does have Great Lakes implications; since the same treaty that is being snubbed in this case is the one that governs U.S.-Canada relations over all the boundary waters.

Not sure the substance of the Canadian environmental argument is that strong -- but the point is, Canada deserves to be treated as an equal, not a junior cousin.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Despite Canadian fears of contamination, North Dakota began pumping water on Monday from its Devils Lake floodlands into a system that leads eventually into a commercial fishery north of the U.S. border.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050815/wl_canada_nm/canada_environment_canada_devilslake_c_col