From the Department of "Well, duh."

Pro-U.S. stance hurts Conservatives in poll

Support for Canada's ruling Conservatives is falling and the outcome of the next federal election is up in the air, according to a poll published on Saturday...

"The prime minister looks to be increasingly inspired by President Bush, for whom politics can be boiled down to one simple concept: I'm right and if you aren't with me, you're against me," commentator Vincent Marissal wrote in La Presse.

"This Americanization of our politics clearly does not please Quebecers."

In other news: fire hot, water wet.