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I watched the PM deliver his speech in its entirety, and he repeated everything he said in both French and English, therefore no one is "missing out on parts."  Furthermore, the speech seemed to be very well received.  Harper is doing a fine job representing Canada abroad.

Fact of the matter is, when the Government of Canada signs or ratifies any treaty, it must issue a domestic Canadian law in order to comply with the treaty, unless a suitable law that complies with the treaty already exists.  Nothing "trumps" anything.  Canadian law provides the mechanisms with...

ALSO WRONG.  Spr Earl was correct in pointing out the PM's considerable power to deploy troops compared to US Presidents (and many other heads of state / govt.) The PM can deploy troops (whether declaring war or not) acting in his executive role without any input or real oversight from the...

The whole point of getting rid of No.5 does not have anything to do with saving on drycleaning or comfort (although winter dress does suck).  The Commandant has long wanted (he was previously Director of Cadets) to realign RMC to become more reflective of the CF in general.  In effect he...

Piper, RMC does indeed have range weekends, in addition to many professional development seminars, sports weekends, and drill practices/parades.  Other military activities DURING THE WINTER include writing PDRs, leadership positions and general duties within the Cadet Wing, running all Cadet...

If your brother decides to join, he will likely be sworn into the CF in late June, and head out to St Jean in mid august, as an Officer Cadet.  The campus is located at the old CMR campus, and he can either take arts, or a general (science/engineering) program. If your brother decides he...

IMHO, the Governor-General's considerable power is already adequately curbed by existing precedent and tradition.  Has the GG's office been embroiled in any major power-struggles since King-Byng? Out of curiosity, other than Order of Canada and Nobel winners, what merits and qualifications...

To support Canuck_25, the monarchy distinguishes us from the Americans in an important way regardless of the fact that we "work in Information Age economies, take part in representative democracies, live under the Rule of Law, and are protected by Constitutional arrangements which enshrine the...