I took the number from a talk radio host. If I remember correctly I think it was Sean Hannity...
Yeah, so disregard that number :P
Canada does rely heavily on the US for its economy, though, so I'm sure that a good relationship with the US is always in their best interest. Actually, I'm kind of curious about this now. I'm off to Google...
... and I'm back. I wasn't able to find a total percentile for Canada's economic dependence on the US, but I was able to find this:
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Our trade surplus alone with the United States equals about 10 percent of the Canadian economy and our U.S. exports total well over a quarter of our economy,” McMahon continued.
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http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared...sNav=nr&id=630
If 25% (35% when you add the trade surplus) of the Canadian economy is just from exports to the US, that 80% total figure may not be far off.