Middle

"Canada is at best a middle power, but it has more sway in the United Nations and other international bodies than its population,its economy, or its strength would imply....Canada will go to great lengths to prevent embarrassment.

Except in very rare instances (such as the recent Canadian condemnation of Israel at the United Nations) Canada will not take a cause directly to international forums. It can be made to appear to support a cause, however, even without such direct intervention...

Israeli-Canadian diplomatic relations were severely weakend in the 1990s when Israel objected to Canada's hearing a number of Israeli refugee claims. This is in spite of the fact that, under Canadian law and International Agreement, Canada had no choice but to hear them. In an interesting mirror image of this process, a Canadian Indian activist recently embarrassed Canada by claiming and receiving political asylum in the United States."

This is what Mike said.

Submarine

The occupants of a live-aboard submarine vessel would be able to use not only the breadth, but also the depth of the oceans as their home territory. Even the fiercest storms would be of no concern because the submarine could slip below the towering waves to cruise in peaceful depths. The sub could roam wherever its inhabitants desire....Various fish and other marine life could be hunted underwater. Other delicacies could be gathered on occasional visits to uninhabited islands and coasts. Drinking water tanks could be filled from fresh water sources ashore when possible, or fresh water could be made by desalination of seawater if necessary.

It must be admitted that the cost of setting up a submarine habitat could be in the very high range. Some small subs are available commercially, but they are too small for living abroad. And they are quite expensive. For instance, Perry Oceanographic, Inc. of Rivera Beach, FL, makes two to four person subs for prices ranging from $200,000 to $1.5 million. Up in Warren, Maine, George Kittredge is turning out a lower-priced model at prices from $12,000 up. But his product is a one person minisub suitable for use as a 'jeep of the deep' but not for living in. You can imagine what it would cost to custom build a submarine that would be big enough to live in for extended periods."

This is what Jon said.