The shift in tone when only works when the lender stays patient | North Americans are wondering if patience is running thin
North America used to run on a gentleman’s agreement: Canada would remain stable, polite, and predictable, and the United States would pretend not to notice how much of Canada’s well‑being depended on that arrangement. It was a quiet, functional partnership — the geopolitical equivalent of two neighbours sharing a fence and never asking who actually owned it.
That era is gone.
The sniping is now continuous.
