People (especially Canadians) have this misguided idea that Canada is somehow "small potatoes", when we're something like the 10th largest economy in the world, with a powerful portfolio of natural resources, energy resources, strong research and development capabilities and a well-educated workforce. Just because we're not a rival to the US or China on our own doesn't mean we don't have the potential to make a serious impact on the world stage and the world economy, especially if we can leverage some of our unique advantages when we start deeply cooperating and allying ourselves with some of the other top 10 economies in the world. There are some pretty significant opportunities here.

We need to start acting like we're one of the 10th largest economies in the world in our own right, and not the US's pet mini-me. The US isn't going to like it, and I'm not going to pretend there won't be economic retaliation (and maybe more) but we need to do it anyway. The US is nobody's friend anymore, least of all ours.

Next year, the site at Kiruna will be available for launching satellites and I think there was a site in Norway that tries to be ready before the Kiruna site. But I have no idea what the situation is on rockets and everything else that is need to launch a satellite.