Canada "too small" to develop Northwest Passage shipping

The surrender monkey can STFU whenever he likes.


Or, maybe it will useful to light a fire under the asses of our officials.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And in the 80s and 90s, they said it would be that way by 2010.
Besides, if it's supposed to be ice free in 20 years, what would be the point of building infrastructure now that's just going to be flooded out anyway?

Be careful the Russians may claim the NW passage belongs to them as well as most of your potential oil fields.

I bet he didn't think we were "too small" when we landed in Normandy to liberate his home!

For all the predictable bluster here at being criticized, remind yourselves that he's right.

Canada has shown itself to be a paper tiger with respect to the arctic. Slush breakers not even on the drawing boards, a single ice breaker, and a naval base many many years away.

I'd disagree that Canada is too small, but I'd submit we lack the political will to adequately expend capital to defend our claims.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.

When the French have more balls than we do, we need to get moving on this..

Where it looks like the AGW predictions of the end of the world were a tad premature I'm thinking maybe Canada won't be missing anything at all.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.
Hear hear! I'd rep ya if I could. It's time we start being proud of who and what we , rather than living on the inhiereted glory of our grandfahers. Well, your grandfathers anyways. Mine weren't canadian.

Well said.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.
Hear hear! I'd rep ya if I could. It's time we start being proud of who and what we , rather than living on the inhiereted glory of our grandfahers. Well, your grandfathers anyways. Mine weren't canadian.
If you're proud of who and what you are because of what you've accomplished, that's one thing. But to be proud of who and what you are because of an of birth is a wee bit silly. Am I to be Canadian? Not really, since I had nothing to do with it
But I sure as hell am happy, and consider myself very lucky, to be Canadian.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.
It's what my FATHER did! And I submit that when we are threatened, it would cause a rising up of the population, such as you've never seen! You can volunteer at the recruiting centre if you like.

At some point, using something we did in the past, but could not possibly do today to try and score some point in a pissing contest, falls very flat.

It's one thing to be proud of what we've accomplished, it's another to continue to ride the coat tails of it to compensate for the inability to do something similar now.
It's what my FATHER did! And I submit that when we are threatened, it would cause a rising up of the population, such as you've never seen! You can volunteer at the recruiting centre if you like.

I did... twenty four years ago. Still going strong.

Yourself?