1.   And Mexicans may find it easier to accept the discipline of multilateral financial institutions than the dictates of a mighty neighbor.

2.   In Canada, there is always more trepidation and hostility toward agreements with the mighty neighbor than with other countries.

3.   Its economy is one-fifteenth as large as that of its mighty neighbor, the United States.

4.   Lately, when Canadians look south to their mighty neighbor, it is with a mixture of suspicion and deepening disbelief.