Those islands are being built in other nations' legally recognized sea territories and the Globe doesn't see a problem with that?  It seems to be fun in Canada these days to forget the realities of the world and pretend we live in a fairy tale where Canadas niceness is enough to keep the wolves at bay. Fact is, we play our fairy tale games while being protected by a cold, hard wall of steel in the US navy. Given the poor condition of Canadas minimalist navy and the gong show that is our military's procurement procedures, we should be thankful. And we better prepare ourselves to start contributing more to our continental defences. I suspect the Globe would be a little more accepting of Tillerson if those islands were in Canadas territory off the coast of BC