From the Canadian press last week:

Four Canadian soldiers killed by an errant American bomb in Afghanistan last year are to be given posthumous Bronze Star medals by the United States government. Another 26 soldiers from the same outfit will also receive the American honour at a special parade in Edmonton on Dec. 8.

OK, that's Afghanistan! The US pilots involved were not court-martialed and the Canadians were given medals from the US. This is supposed to appease Canadian sentiments?

But this just in. It's less reported than the lock-out of the UN triumverate, but this makes it even more shocking.

"The Pentagon yesterday banned Canadian companies from bidding for contracts worth $18.6 billion (U.S.) to help reconstruct Iraq because of Canada's opposition to the U.S.-led war in the Persian Gulf nation.

Also prevented from bidding for the prime contracts are companies from France, Germany and Russia."