Yup, Canada and Canadian business tries real hard to be a player like its big buddy, the good old USA. Of course, it had some ways to go, to catch up with U.S. military exports in 1997 of $21.3 billion, $8.3 billion of which went to 52 countries where the US State Department says citizens are not allowed to choose their government democratically. But Canada can't let the side down, doncha know. The US sometimes has trouble recognizing Canada as a friend, when Canada doesn't get involved in the same rotten games that the US plays.