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Originally Posted by MarchHare
A better question would be to ask if his history of living and working in the US is itself a valid issue.
Do you have any reason to believe he would make bad decisions for Canada specifically because of his American ties? If yes, then it's a legitmate campaign discussion. If not, then it's a non-issue.
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Well it's better than my grandfather-in-law's declaration that he'd never vote for Ignatieff because of his russian aristocracy ancestry.
If you look back at his academic history, he probably always took the most prestigious opportunity available to him. Should he be criticized for studying at Harvard or Cambridge? Should Trudeau have been criticized for taking a similar route? Should Ignatieff be criticized for accepting a prestigious position at the university where he did his masters work? I think you'd have a hard time finding very many academics in Canada who would turn up their nose at the sort of positions that Ignatieff was offered.
Now, the American qualities of his policies (and in particular his foreign policy) do bear a lot of analysis and I do hope that they become a major issue in this election campaign, because I'm not sure I am entirely clear on where he stands on some issues.