{"id":911667,"date":"2026-09-27T14:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911667\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:18:10","slug":"canadians-and-americans-call-for-stronger-ties-as-b-c-election-focuses-on-u-s-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/911667\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians and Americans call for stronger ties as B.C. election focuses on U.S. relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian Inquirer<br \/>September 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-512546\" class=\"wp-image-512546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-6.15.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1438\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-512546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: CBC News<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">At the Peace Arch border, Canadians and Americans came together to call for stronger relations between the two countries as tensions over trade and cross-border ties become an issue in British Columbia\u2019s election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The gathering brought together Canadians, Americans and dual citizens at Peace Arch Park on Saturday, with participants expressing concern over the strained relationship between Ottawa and Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The group has been meeting at the border every two weeks since March 2025, using the Peace Arch as a symbol of the long-standing connections between communities on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n<p>Their gathering comes as Canada-U.S. trade tensions remain a prominent issue in the B.C. election campaign, with political parties debating how the province should respond to changing relations with its largest trading partner.<\/p>\n<p>The Peace Arch itself has long represented the close relationship between Canada and the United States, particularly in the communities around the B.C.-Washington border where families, workers and businesses regularly cross between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The issue has also featured prominently in the campaign. B.C. Premier David Eby recently used the Peace Arch as the backdrop for a campaign stop focused on Canada-U.S. relations and his plans to recruit more health-care workers from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>For those gathered at the border, the message was centered less on political divisions and more on maintaining the relationships that have connected Canadians and Americans for generations.<\/p>\n<p>As British Columbia heads toward the October 24 provincial election, the gathering highlights how developments in Washington are increasingly becoming part of the political conversation in the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Brenz., Philippine Canadian InquirerSeptember 27, 2026 Photo Courtesy: CBC News At the Peace Arch border, Canadians and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":911668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[314777,49,48,10758,44],"class_list":["post-911667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-b-c-election","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-headline","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=911667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/911667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/911668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=911667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=911667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=911667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}