{"id":5156,"date":"2017-02-06T12:12:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/csids\/?p=5156"},"modified":"2017-02-06T12:13:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T17:13:30","slug":"john-higginbotham-comments-in-the-new-york-times-on-canada-u-s-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csids\/2017\/john-higginbotham-comments-in-the-new-york-times-on-canada-u-s-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"John Higginbotham comments in the New York Times on Canada-U.S. Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" data-para-count=\"402\" data-total-count=\"4263\">While other prime ministers grappled with American presidents who were unpopular among Canadians, the current situation has few direct parallels. 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