WASHINGTON – The dreaded S-word — sequestration — loomed over a Canada-U.S. conference on Beyond the Border initiatives Monday as an American official acknowledged U.S. budget woes were slowing progress on a host of fronts.
More strikes in 2011
US vs. UK: Stimulus spending vs. hard-nosed austerity
ANDREW COYNE: The mystery is how it got started
Why it’s coming, and why Canada won’t escape so easily this time
The newly minted PM faces a daunting task: fix the U.K.’s finances