Frank McKenna, Canada's new ambassador to Washington, is right

Frank McKenna, Canada's new ambassador to Washington, is right.

Canadians need a new attitude towards the Americans.

First we must realize that the Americans need what Canada has, and in most cases more than we need the Americans. Our oil and natural gas are transportable to any corner of the earth. In fact we now have a growing interest in our oil and gas, by China, and Southeast Asia.

Both China and India have a population of 1,000,000,000 people, and are hungry for what Canada has to offer.

Both from our dirt and our minds.

Second, Canadians must realize that the major part of our trade with the US is connected directly with the car.

When you think of it, where else will the US relocate their automotive manufacturing industry? Maybe it is time Canada stop supporting the American automotive industry through our tax dollars.The American auto industry loves to build their cars in Canada. They save a mountain of money with our taxpayer funded health care system. In the US the largest cost to the American big three auto makers is their employee health care plans. The American auto industry also walks away from our governments with buckets of public money to support their for profit businesses.

Canada needs to tell the Americans that because of their politicians' protectionism acts, such as the soft wood, and BSE, they are paying more for their new homes, and meat in their stores.

Canada, needs to tell the Americans it was not Canada that unleashed the violence on them on 9/11.

Canada, needs to tell the Americans we will make sure our borders are secure, whether it is at the 49th parallel, or on our coast.

Canada, needs to tell the Americans it was not the Canadians that caused their last major power outage on the East coast.

Canada also needs to tell the Americans, that their creeping towards running the world through thuggocracy, is not acceptable.

To help, Canada should offer free land, and buildings to the U.N., for their new beginnings, and have them move their head offices here

Canada should put on of its efforts into moving Canada back into a Pearsonian like Canada, where we can rightfully lay claim to being an influential middle power, by example, and moral persuasion.

Darfur is the first place to start.

Canada needs to start thinking about the other 6,000,000,000 people that do not live in the US, and trade with them. The word is trade. Which denotes it is not a one way trade root.

The US has only 350,000,000 people living in it. Despite the American's thinking, they are not the biggest democracy, nor are they the largest single market to trade with.

There are others.