Foreign policy for a country should consist of every country outside its borders. But if you watched the foreign policy debate Friday night between Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Canada was not in the room.
True, there was time spent on the economy (39 minutes), and that did cut into the time. But the debate centered on current hot-button issues, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran.
But trade, specifically trade with Canada, did come up in the Democratic Party debates, most notably between Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). The reopening of NAFTA, or the proposed reopening, was brought up earlier this year.
And Sen. McCain has been to Ottawa, Canada's capital, earlier this year as well.
As a reminder, Canada is the largest trading partner of the United States, and the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than any other country.
And since Canada has been ignored by the U.S., unless it's Afghanistan (where Canadian troops are), Iraq, (no Canadian troops), or border protection. The next U.S. president needs to do more with Canada.