But world, don't take that image of Canada home with you. It isn't what life is like here. We don't all live in the Arctic circle among the Orcas and the ice floes.
The proposed budget cuts only account for about 0.5 per cent of the total 2010 approved spending, but Obama stressed that while this is true, this particular $17 billion can be put to much better use than it has been in Washington.