Special Forces. You could have sent special forces. Australia did that. Poland did that. We didn't need a Canadian destroyer, but some additional guys out doing the grunt work would have been appreciated.
But Canada's in the doghouse now, certainly as long as Chretien is in office, probably as long as his party is in power. There is no way around it. I won't forget. I doubt many people will.
Of course the US was only a handful of inmate votes away from a Chretien-like Gore presidency, so I don't want to overdo the superiority-routine. We have, both sides of the border, a lot of work to do if we are going to save ourselves from the cretins.