Charting a Course Eastward

When your partners are deadbeats, it's often better to go it alone:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper set a bold vision for Canada on Thursday, using the European debt crisis as an example of why Canada must chart its own course to avoid a similar fate. Harper used the stage at the World Economic Forum to take dead aim at the European debt crisis, castigating allies for taking wealth as a given and living way above their means until the wheels fell off. He was critical of the developed world -- including the U.S. -- for complacency and failing to plan for the future to avoid the economic storm churning the global economy. Harper said Canada would continue to follow its own path to create the prosperity to ensure the next generation is not left out, "regardless of what direction other western nations may choose."