I know this won't make huge news globally but I was happy to see it. Our Prime Minister fired one of his cabinet today for making anti-American statements.

While I am all for free speech, this lady went way over the limit given her power and position. She most certainly has a right to her opinion, but to use the public forum in the way she did was unfortunate and in poor judgement.

Putting a different spin on this, if this situation happened in a boardroom setting, she would have been let go long ago. Her behaviour is counteractive and disappointing.

There are many differences between Canadians and Americans, but there are also a lot of common wants, needs and dreams. I'll be the first to admit there are days that American policy leaves me scratching my head - same can be said for Canadian - but at the end of the day, we are both working towards the same cause. A good, safe country to raise our families and live in. How we get there might be slightly different but we're both brothers from the same Mother Earth.