Reposting part of the article you posted so maybe everyone will read it this time
<Mr. McCallum said yesterday he is fed up with the Americans hectoring Canada about its low defence expenditures, even though he himself has been publicly lobbying for greater military spending.
"I would not urge the president of the United States or the U.S. ambassador to Canada to do my job to ask for more defence spending. I think that is a Canadian matter," Mr. McCallum told reporters.
He added: "I think a number of Canadians were a little bit ticked off when the ambassador keeps pushing."
"It is a made-in-Canada decision, so while Mr. Bush may be asking for what I am asking for, I am not asking for his help."
DO WE GET THIS YET???
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Mary Anne