text: In all fairness Canada should be given a pass on being unable to offer any aid to citizens abroad due to the minuscule ratio of defense spending to GDP. When you rank near the bottom of all NATO countries on such measurements, passing the buck to save Canadians to other countries that come closer to the NATO recommendation of spending 2% of GDP on military is only fair, especially since Canadians are agreed upon by the world's countries to be their darlings.