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Sadly to say, no-one gets elected on pure merit. With the media and election PR experts it is the COOL factor. In the US Hollywood and the cool crowd endorse Obama. So he is in twice? Why buy a reliable and cost effective Ford when you will look so progressive in your BMW.    I think after all...

Maybe I'm missing something. Since grade school we were taught right from wrong. You never take something that don't belong to you. Then life got more complex and we learned about fraud and operating under false pretences.  So to doctor your claims for money you are not entitled to. Or is there...

This is so ridiculous ! Military Bases being so lax, yet go near an airport. One whack a doodle with a shoe bomb and just look at him and we are almost down to our boxers. But airport security is BiG business and lobbied and marketed as such.  All in the presentation and sales pitch. Fear...

Quote from: dapaterson on May 21, 2013, 21:27:00 Like $56K a year to a 23 year old with no training or experience outside the military?  Like allowances to compensate for conditions that CF members may not experience while in receipt of them?  Like the ability to retire with an immediate annuity...

Too bad Canada didn't have one of these for Haiti. Or any other disaster, Sandy, Katrina Japan. We could add to our already excellent humanitarian rep.  Even for the last big storm in Newfoundland. One for each coast. Sorry, I was dreaming!

Courtesy of CBC 20 April 2013 NEW French pitch new warships for next Canadian navy vessels The Canadian Press Last Updated: Apr 20, 2013 18:17 ET The French Navy FREMM Class frigate Aquitaine rests at berth in Halifax on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The Paris-based naval contractor DCNS wants...

Courtesy  of CBC news, 18 April 2013, CFB Halifax police uncover suspected $900 K fraud Court documents detail alleged plan to overcharge for parts CBC News Last Updated: Apr 18, 2013 6:44 ET Military investigators believe they've uncovered a large-scale fraud involving civilian employees at...

ANALYSIS Brian Stewart: How not to rebuild Canada's navy By Brian Stewart, special to, CBC News Last Updated: Mar 21, 2013 5:07 ET Brian Stewart Canada and abroad If you thought it hard having to deal with the bizarre budgetary twists and turns of the F-35 fighter jet procurement, with its...

From the Halifax Chronical Herald 18 March 2013 OTTAWA — It seems the only soldiers who are safe from the coming budget axe are those that parade around Parliament Hill in the changing of the guard ceremony for tourists in the summer, a leaked report suggests. Defence spending will be in the...

Thanks for the translation. Cheers

The term "Full Pension" is so confusing.  The average plan is 2% per year. At one time the max was 35 years and you stopped paying into your plan as it would top out at 70%.  If you were still working, most boy soldiers would just put that monthly pension into an RRSP. That changed several yrs...

I just am a bit sceptical if my neighbour was stocking up on huge stockpiles of ammo. I wonder If they or I am watching too many shows like walking dead, revolution and book of Eli.  I read Richard Rohmers book Ultimatum years ago and found it interesting. There was another book like it by a...

Well maybe good news or bad news. The Military has been informed that moving people so often is costing alot and it would be a cost saving concept to try and restrict so much movement. However operational requirements will still dictate postings. But if you didn't want to move it could be a...

I believe the RCL may have lost it's focus.  There are so many other new assn sprouting up.  Kinda waters down the veteran base. In some town the Legion is the reception hall and meeting place. One very important aspect we tend to forget is EMO response. I know in some parts of Northern Ontario...

I know Canada did it with the tanks, and bought the Dutch Leopards as they had too many. So why don't we lease to own an AOR or something similar. We missed two opportunities to provide aid. Haiti and Sandy. In the current world fiscal situation must be a German or Brit ship available. Thought...

Canadian shipbuilders fear navy will buy German vessels CBC News Last Updated: Aug 31, 2012 10:20 ET German industry has made a pitch to the Canadian government to supply designs for frigates, destroyers and new submarines CBC Some Canadian shipbuilders are concerned a German design could be...

Can you say: YTEP, on one year contracts and promote trades for job experience. Like Fd Eng, supply, cook, MSE Op, stwd, Bosn, and Cbt Arms to beef up the reserves. I know we did like 13 Pl in Wainwright in 83ish.  Use up Meaford, Pet, Gagetown and Borden in the off season. 

Sorry , haven't. Mastered the cut and paste or copyright intro. From an ipad.  I need more practice. I really believe in first come first serve.  Back in the 60s 70s  they recruited plenty from high unemployment area and education may have been lacking but that was a different time.  Lots of...

Military missing employment equity recruiting targets Canadian Forces still dominated by white men CBC news today.

From CBC and with respect to copyright rules. Nearly a million young Canadians are out of work and more than half aren’t even looking for a job, according to the first-ever study of its kind by Statistics Canada. They represent roughly 13 per cent of all young people between the ages of 15 and...