Sovereign Air Space

Last week yet another flight was turned away from U.S. airspace due to a false alarm. This jet instead landed in Canada. For a country that is supposed to be a sovereign nation, we certainly seem to be handling a lot of garbage from the U.S. just lately.

When asked why the flight was diverted to Canada, the annoying Scott McLellan hemmed and hawed and did not provide a real answer. An e-mail to my MP also did not get me any responses. It seems to me that for all that PM Paul Martin likes to talk about the sovereignity of Canada, there is really no bite behind that remark. This is not the first time, nor is it likely to be the last that we have had to deal with the U.S. and it's supremely flawed security systems.

So now I ask you the reader: Would a truly sovereign nation allow a jet bound for the U.S. to land in it's territory simply because there was a terror warning and U.S. airspace closed?

The answer is no.