JACQUES WHO?

PM struggles to get phone time with Bush (Canadian Press, Jul. 4, 2003)

While the U.S. ambassador to Canada insists cross-border relations remain strong, officials from both countries say Prime Minister Jean Chretien struggled to get phone time with President George W. Bush.

Sources from the federal government and the U.S. State Department said Friday that Mr. Chretien lobbied for days to chat about mad-cow disease with his U.S. counterpart.

It's so much fun to tweak the giant until he tweaks back... Posted by Orrin Judd at July 5, 2003 6:07 PM