NEWS.com.au | Canada's US ties hit a reefer THE long-standing alliance between the US and Canada, strained at best in recent months, is officially going to pot.
Canada, which was a vocal opponent of the US war against Iraq - resulting in President George W. Bush cancelling today's scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chretien because it clashed with the weekend visit by John Howard to his Texas ranch - is now infuriating the US with plans to decriminalise marijuana.