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John F. Kennedy famously defined the nature of the relationship between Canada and the United States in words now graven in stone at the entrance to the US Embassy on Sussex Drive in Ottawa.
“Geography has made us neighbours,” he began. “History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies.”
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He spoke those enduring words in the House of Commons in the Centre Block of Parliament on May 17, 1961, exactly 60 years ago.
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