http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/forbes/1427/the-canadian-century
The guy is way off on saying that the Arctic sea lanes are open. Other than that it's a pretty good article.
Well we've heard it all before. And we're still tied to the US at the hip, as they go so do we. And I'd rather have that relationship than being tied to China at the hip. If Europe would get it's act together tho, that could be the the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Sorry Bart. I wasn't agreeing with you. I was saying that if Europe got it's act together, that could be the start of a good trading relationship between us and them. I don't share your fears about Europe starting any wars, tho of course anything is possible.
What I'd really like to see is Canada in a position to play off the US, China and Europe against each other. But I would settle for some sort of Europe US Canada loose (very) union.
My main worry about Europe is that they seem to have even more Muslims than we do, and if we get to the point of labor mobility, that could get scary. But our own immigration policies will pretty much accomplish the same thing anyway.
The European Union will never consider Canada as an equal because they see Canada as a colony of provincialists who were not good enough to make it in London, Paris, Brussels, or Berlin. You know, places that really count.