Op-Ed: Did Obama Snub Canada, Or just the Prime Minister?

When a country's leader is on foreign soil, he represents his country. Did Obama's loud missing presence at Harper's arrival to the White House represent a snub? If so, of what or whom?

Here is the footage: Barack Obama snubs PM Stephen Harper We can assume the President is busy, however, when the leader of America's biggest trading partner travels to Washington, does it make a difference if it is for a "working" meeting, as opposed to a "State" meeting? Does it matter that when Stephen Harper shows up at the White House representing Canada, he gets let in the door by a low level employee, and the President is nowhere to be seen? Is there a message in this rather peculiar method of welcoming a foreign country's leader? It should not be too much to ask that the Prime Minister of Canada be treated with a little more respect. Do Canadians care how they're treated in Washington? Does it really matter? You decide.