Yes. Let's look the other way and let a tyrant do as he wishes ---  because that worked out so well in 1938. Oh, I think you Canadians will be fine. When Russian community whose rights are so obviously threatened in Canada will ask for Putin's protection, you Canadians will be gloriously embraced by Mother Russia. Nobody will be hurt. Just look at eastern Ukraine or Chechnya. And Russian is not such a difficult language after all to learn.