On 15-Feb-2005, Scott Weiser wrote:

Let's close the Canadian border entirely
and see how long you last without imports from the US, not to mention our
tourist money.

Canada has (and has had for a long time) a significant favourable trade
balance over the US. If you close the border, you lose 10% of your oil,
lots of natural gas, a lot of electricity in the northeast states,
pulp and paper, wood, cars and trucks and lots and lots of other goods.
The energy cuts alone would have you choking long before we would.

There is more dollar value in imports across the Ontario-Michigan border
alone than to the US from any other country. Imports across the
river at Sarnia is greater than the imports from Japan to the US.

Again, you're talking thru your hat.

Mike