Star columnist Thomas Walkom was written a great column on Canadian sovereignty, or lack there of. He notes that the Royal Bank denied a Canadian citizen a U.S. currency account, claiming that if the bank wanted to do business in the U.S, they would have to strictly follow American laws. This situation is very similar the Bell Helicopter fiasco in which the firm transferred 24 workers off a project for an American defense contract. These people were all Canadian citizens, but born in 'questionable countries,' and as such, weren't allowed to work on the contract, as it was in violation of American laws. However, the actual production occured in Canada. As a supposedly sovereign nation, we really ought to be standing up for our citizens and applying domestic law in Canada and not foreign law.
No wonder some Quebecois rightly make the claim that Canada isn't even a country!
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