On Oct 25, 4:34*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:

Since asteroids present a threat to the entire planet's surface, this
would be an ideal project for the UN to fund, with each country kicking
in funding in proportion to its total land area.
Try that one on for size, Putin. :-)

This would be a more serious issue for Canada... Russia has a
population of about 150 million people, but our country has one of
about 30 million.

John Savard