[Maine Reporter's Notebook: The Canadian Connection]

Date1987

Can DescriptionsProgram #426. Record date: April 3, 1987. // John Greenman speaks with Robert MacNeil, Charles Horne of WZON Radio, and Alan Miller of the University of Maine in the studio to discuss Canadian-American relations. Harold Shea of the Chronicle-Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Neil Stairs of the CBC in Saint John, New Brunswick also join in the discussion via satellite. Issues covered include the role of nationalism in Canada, the coverage of Canadian affairs by the media in the United States, Brian Mulroney's government, and American indifference to Canada.

AbstractJohn Greenman talks with Robert MacNeil, Charles Horne of WZON Radio, and Alan Miller of the University of Maine in the studio to discuss Canadian-American relations. Harold Shea of the Chronicle-Herald in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Neil Stairs of the CBC in Saint John, New Brunswick also join in the discussion via satellite. Issues covered include the role of nationalism in Canada, the coverage of Canadian affairs by the media in the United States, Brian Mulroney's government, and American indifference to Canada. American ignorance of Canada is no longer acceptable everyone agrees; Canadians are much more interested in the world at large;