Canada and the United States are participating in the world’s tallest border, about 9,000 km away.
Countries have interlocking economies and a lot in culturally joint. The Arch of Peace, which extends to the British state of Colombia and Washington, aims to symbolize this friendship. Al -Salam Bridge, Meanwhile, connects Ontario and the state of New York.
The past few weeks have not felt all this peaceful.
US President Donald Trump announced the broken definitions-a 30-day re-postponement has been negotiated on February 3-continues to make his northern American neighbor 51.

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There was, of course, many differences and flash points in the past. Away from the political arena, this competition may have been the most famous when athletes compete in countries – especially for ice.
The NATIS 4 confrontation, a championship that includes the NHL players and includes North America’s competitors, begins on Wednesday in Montreal.
Canada players (from left to right), Connor McDavid, Wissam Rinhart, Nathan McKinnon, and Sidney Crossby on the bench during 4 countries, are speaking to facing hockey in Montreal on Monday, February 10, 2025. Canada will face Sweden on February 12.
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So what do the current threats of anxiety and identification mean for success that already have a lot of fuel?
“Canadians are patriotic and proud,” said Daniel Robinson, a professor of political science at the University of Toronto Metropolitan. “They don’t want to be told that they will be celebrated in another country. The opportunities are very small, but this speech puts things on the edge of the abyss.”
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Canadian crowd screaming the American anthem in both NHL and NBA games in response to Trump’s identification threats.

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This trend slowed after both sides – Canada indicated that it will respond to revenge definitions if the United States followed – a step back from the edge. Halifax fans did not ignore the anthem before the hockey chain in the last women’s competition.

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The crowd in Montreal was a husband of Canadian competitions during the weekend to a large extent of anthem.
But the city, where the Canadians and Americans connect on Saturday to 4 countries, enjoying a history of the banner of stars, including in 2003 after the United States invaded Iraq.
“The political scene is very unstable in the United States,” said Amy Bass, a professor of sports studies at the University of Manhatanville, New York. We do not know.
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Aaron Ettenger, assistant professor of political science at the University of Carlton in Ottawa, said nationalism is always the sub -text of international sport.
He said: “This is what makes it fun.”
“It is our country and our people against your country and your people.”
Ettinger, whose publication includes the intersection of sport and politics, can play a big factor.
He said: “Canadians love to hit the Americans in sports because we will not hit them often.” “This time, there are some real risks because the United States and its president (threatening) something harmful to Canadian national interests.”
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Canada’s use has not been canceled in the game of men – at least not yet. Women went back and forth, while Americans have three world hockey championships.
“This is one place, perhaps the only place, as Canada was the older brother,” Robinson said of the ski circuit. “It was easy for Canadians to be generous towards the Americans there.”
He added that the competition was difficult but friendly, but the change in the tone of the White House may indicate a change in that relationship.
“Political and social issues can leak,” said Robinson.
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“I don’t know if they live in the real world,” said Etinger about the NHL stars. “They generally live in the Elite Hockey Republic without a great sense of what is happening in the real world.”
Robinson, whose specialization includes sport and politics, does not expect a significant change in ice clash.
“This competition is already very intense,” he said. “Establishing fans do not need excuses. The media will hand over this and the fans will review.
“It may make the atmosphere great – there is nothing wrong with that.”
Although it is not comparable directly or on the same range, Bass said that the Canadian victory in the four countries could have a northern border feeling similar to the American victory over the Soviets – the “miracle of ice” – in the 1980 Olympics.
She said, “It was a victory in the Cold War.” “Will the United States become” very bad “? The United States will be satisfied with a completely new reason.”
Etnenger said that in the end, the current cooling of relations is not Canada as us like Canada against Trump.
“The Americans, in general, have very favorable opinions about Canada,” he said. “The economic relationship is very useful for both. It only happens that the man who runs the White House has hostile directions towards most foreign countries.
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“Especially Canada.”
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