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Flowersa Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Approach and avoidance?

Hi does avoidance here mean "abstention"? and approach "to come close"?

"Another feature of Canadian political culture is Canada's "approach and avoidance" relationship with the US (seeCANADIAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS). Despite the fact that the US is Canada's greatest trading partner, and a country with which Canadians share a large number of common interests, many Canadians have been frustrated by the way in which their culture (especially in English Canada) and their businesses have been dominated by American interests. As a consequence,"
  

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"approach and avoidance " relationship = some things they try to do in concert with the US and some things they try to do differently.

  • "approach and avoidance " relationship = some things they try to do in concert with the US and some things they try to do differently.
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"approach and avoidance" relationship = some things they try to do in concert with the US and some things they try to do differently.

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