More importantly, Stephen Harper, the current leader of the Canadian official opposition party (i.e. rather than an ex-politician), also took a principled stand in favour of Canadian participation in the war. There have also been pro-American demonstrations in a number of Canadian cities in the last week in reaction to anti-American ones. (And no one booed the U.S. anthem at the Toronto Blue Jays game the other night.) That being said, there is an enormous amount of Anti-Americanism here—though this is perhaps now being hurriedly covered up following the U.S. ambassador’s criticisms, which have been making people worried about the economic consequences of annoying the United States.