[metermike]

I have lived in Canada all my life,on both sides of the country east and west.Canada is not anti-american.However the article is right we do have a identity issue.I would say that Canadians do like the roll of peace keepers.This is why we did not send troops to Iraq.(correction 26 soldiers embedded with units sent to Iraq)We did not see the connection and still don't to September 11 attacks.When the U.S.A government said it was al-queda and they were in Afghanistan we sent thousand of our troops to help.During the Gulf war we also helped your cause but only because it was to liberate Kuwait.If it were extended to ousting Saddam at that time i am sure we would not have gone at all.We do have our problems Canada-U.S.A.Our option not to participate in your missile defense program has little impact on you.You Can launch From Alaska in the north.I travel to the U.S frequently and love to visit. Americans are very frequent visitors in Edmonton Alberta as well as in London Ontario both places i lived for extended periods of time.I never heard of any problems before.This writer watched the movie Canadian bacon one too many times.when our minority government collapses next session and a new one is formed this time conservative, our relations will improve but we still are a sovereign nation and are entitled to our policies and treaties.One last thought, there was something about 36,000 illegals in Canada.In the U.S.A that number is about 5,000,000+.

[MARKUSPRIME]

Well if we go to war with communist china(In which your government is now selling their oil from Alberta to which the US government was led to believe that was going to be for North American consumption in the future). Do you honestly think nuclear missles or radioactive waste is going to stop at the US/CAN border. Wake up friend its time you all stepped up and help secure North America with us.

[MNJohnnie]

"When the U.S.A government said it was al-queda and they were in Afghanistan we sent thousand of our troops to help"

Thousands? Actually it is more like hundreds


http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1108317447589_3/?hub=Canada

Canada to nearly double troops in Afghanistan: AP
Associated Press

Canada will nearly double the number of troops it has in Afghanistan by this summer and is considering sending a combat brigade to the Kandahar region early next year, Defence Minister Bill Graham told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Canada currently has some 600 troops serving in the Afghan capital of Kabul with NATO's International Security Assistance Force, and plans to put a provincial reconstruction team, or PRT, in the southern city of Kandahar by August, Graham said.

The PRT, which aims to boost stability while working on humanitarian projects such as building schools and clinics, would be part of an overall expansion of peacekeepers into the southern region later this year.