So.... Canada doesn't want any part of the missile-defense shield, eh?

Bunch a hosers. That said, this decision means, essentially, that Canada will become the impact area for incoming nuclear missiles that we shoot down on their way to the US. So, perhaps, Canada will become the NEW "Land of the Midnight (24 hour a day for 5,000 years) Glow like the Sun."

Canada Opts Out of U.S. Defense Shield
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Feb 24, 7:12 PM (ET)

By BETH DUFF-BROWN

TORONTO (AP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.

The Bush administration has tried to make a public show of understanding that Martin heads up a minority government that could fall over such a contentious debate. But after the announcement, U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci told reporters he was perplexed over Canada's decision, which he said effectively allows Washington to decide what to do if a missile was headed toward Canada. 

"We simply cannot understand why Canada would in effect give up its sovereignty - its seat at the table - to decide what to do about a missile that might be coming towards Canada," said the outgoing ambassador, who had vigorously urged Canada to sign on the plan.
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