[Abathar]

"But Canada prides itself on being a northern nation -- it's part of that nebulous identity we spend so much time thinking about. Does losing the pole mean losing a piece of ourselves? Will we be launched into the throes of another identity crisis, now that the world's compasses no longer point to us?" Who writes this stuff? I guess they really do feel inferior to other people.

[Ashamed Canadian]

You're only just realising that? Because our government has done whatever necessary to hide our proud past, including in two world wars, we have completely lost our identity. I feel more American than anything myself.