Amazon Writes a Drama in Canada

The LATimes has A Story on how Canadian booksellers are annoyed with Jeff Bezos, and Amazon, but furious with their government, which they say is treating the billionaire entrepreneur like a native. They want a federal court to restore those once-sharp distinctions between what is local and foreign.

“It’s an extraordinarily powerful weapon for breaking down national cultures,” said Mel Hurtig, author of “The Vanishing Country: Is It Too Late to Save Canada?” “Canadians like Americans, but they don’t want to become Americans.”