I'm a believer in good relations with the US. Liking or disliking the Americans is irrelevant. Some are great people, like that girl I met when I was skiing. Some are just jerks. Canada is the same. Some Canadians are great and some are bad. I admit we think different than the Americans
In 1988, the Liberals and NDP said we would lose our culture. What culture do we have in Ontario? When Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, did they lose their culture to the rest of Canada? Of course not. It's silly to say we will lose our culture to the US.
I hated Jack Layton during the debates, complaining so loudily about the Star Wars. I wanted to yell at him, "The fact of the matter is, Canada should maintain good relations. Complaining about the Star Wars system will not win you any friends in the Bush Adminstrition. If you had a problem with it, you would say it quietly".
Besides the NDP will never win a government on the federal level.