A Independant Canadian Space Program?

Sumitra Rajagopalan argues that Canada ought to have its own space program completely independent of the American one. She harks to more rheatorical reasons than solid ones. I'd like to encourage Canadians to do so, honestly, but I am unsure how much of a program Canada can support with its small if relatively rich population with the state of the Canadian military and Canada's unwillingness to care and feed that.

From my Darth Expanionist POV, it must be ruthlessly crushed though. ;)