The United States and Canada have three significant issue-events hanging fire: a new ambassador; the decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline; and reciprocal official state visits by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Each of these prospective actions is an important element in the bilateral relationship; each has been drifting to the extent that the absence of public action (concealed by the madcap ongoing scandals in Ottawa and Washington) has itself become a potential problem.
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