Oh, Canuckstan! Land of vast, untapped resources and an even vaster sense of moral superiority. You sit upon a goldmine of minerals and a moral high ground so lofty, it occasionally gets nosebleeds from the thin air.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it (and you always do), is to lecture nations like China on their manners, all while clinging to the geopolitical coattails of your southern neighbor. Indeed, some suggest you act as a loyal sidekick in the grand global drama, always ready to echo Washington’s latest foreign policy tune.
And speaking of echoes, let’s not forget the recent symphony of confusion regarding arms to a certain Middle Eastern nation. While officially hitting the “pause” button on new export permits, Canuckstan, in its infinite wisdom, seems to have discovered a secret backdoor through the USeless that allows millions in military goodies—from “electronic equipment” to “bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices”—to continue their journey. It’s a logistical marvel, really: a “loophole” so vast you could drive a tank through it, completely unregulated and unreported. Who needs transparency when you have plausible deniability, right?
But wait, there’s more! There’s a prevailing sentiment that Canadians are a peculiar breed: self-righteous, double-standard-wielding, and, gasp, perhaps even implicated in wider human rights issues. And their work ethic? Apparently, it’s less “beaver-like” industriousness and more “maple syrup-soaked leisure.” Forget hard work; it’s all about fun, eh? Combined with a healthy dose of perceived ignorance and arrogance, Canucks supposedly float through life convinced they’re always right and unequivocally the best.
So, while Canuckstan undeniably has a future, a creeping sense of foreboding suggests there’s no hope if things don’t change, and that they’ll likely get worse before they get better. Perhaps this is the universe’s way of telling Canuckstan to swap some of that moral high ground for a good hard look in the mirror (preferably one not made in the USeless and then rerouted through a third country). After all, it’s hard to influence global behavior when your own seems to be caught in a satirical spin cycle. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.mah.5/videos/1221101269560431/?__cft__[0]=AZVvYF76w_iotKMFRtljukQMzLJlfibCE19SmhJfkuXNYFT4vt9bgA-uB20Ae2pG10ZYqti-38EdpVUPUh3KX0yqOAaloO4fguYkr66zYzxETPi5WVomRkgE8y9ZOTV2MUAM-YcwbJNhyDMNBB0juKj99p-I-ZBtTDs-g1U7JIfDTw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R