Why balls?

Canada needs balls; in the coming years the US may not remain a decisive power. An albeit small but growing portion of the world has their gun sights and their dirty suitcase bombs trained on the west.

The darkness is growing from the South with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his left-wing Bolivarian Revolution along with Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega, regained the presidency in Nicaragua. From Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to many Shiite/Sunni clerics and the general proletariats of Iraq. To the quiet building of mother Russia who has already made thinly veiled threats to the Polish, to expansionist China. Yes that’s right I said Russia!

The U.S. picked a battle that their country did not have the heart to support. They have incurred wrath and fuelled the hatred of western idealism in many hearts and given ammunition and legitimacy to terrorist leaders.

This is Canada’s time to grow balls. While the U.S falters we have the chance to step up economically, militaristically, politically and culturally. We are a nation of great resources and great space, and geographically like it or not we are next-door to a neighbour that has enemies. For a long time the U.S. has called for us to strengthen national defence and rightly so, it is in our interest and theirs that we remain a strong sovereign power. Our commodities markets are strong, and our national resources are waiting for us to capitalize on them. We have many, many blessings at our doorstep and our provincial and federal governments sit bickering about who should get the money, who should benefit. Our country has thinly veiled separatist action waiting on the precipice, and I am not just talking about Quebec; there are provinces with more substantial reasons to separate. The other issue at hand is Canada’s most important national resource; its people, are not growing. We are not having children until later in life and even then we are not replacing those that die. 1.6 children for every two couple.
The reason Canada became the nation it is today is because of the hardwork of our people, and leaders with vision.

I don’t know if our prime minister is the man to lead the country to its potential, but he has made a good start with our military. Here’s to hoping that our leader’s will have the courage to act on principles that matter, and that we will have the courage to vote for change if he doesn’t.