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Canadian polls seem to be more accurate than US ones, at least. As others have noted, last election they were pretty accurate. It seems realistic, I don't think Erin O'Toole is making great inroads. And what is he going to campaign on? "The federal government should have locked you down more...

I agree with this. I would just add that this seems to be much easier to do in person. In my "travels" as a criminal defence attorney I've had occasion to represent and therefore get to know people from very many different backgrounds. Most people would consider many of my beliefs "extremely...

I would suggest that our government would be willing to just live & let live, etc. If you were more specifically asking who on this forum would be willing to just live & let live, I'm sure answers would vary. For myself, I would take it on a case-by-case basis and it would require a lot of...

I think you make a very good point. This is definitely a Canadian and American thing. My wife is Polish, and she has definitely noticed this but also sometimes struggles with relationships because Polish culture is very direct and people don't like that she engages in direct communication rather...

Apparently there are virtual BOTC going on right now for CIC ... wondering if anyone here is or has taken part in that and wondering what it is like. My application is finally moving forward (virtually), so I am hopeful that enrolment and BOTC may be in my future over the next 12 months and...

I'm not sure it would have made much difference. Conservatives will always be savaged by the Canadian media regardless of what they do, so might as well act in fairness and if there's a legitimate reason to can Mr. Sloan do it then, but in the mean time don't do things out of fear of the media...

Just going to zero in on this; despite me being a SoCon I don't think you and I are too far apart. But I think that this particular issue is a tricky one. I would argue that the "thin wedge" argument goes both ways, and forcing physicians who believe abortion is murder to recommend someone else...

Re: the highlighted, I do not see any evidence of them having succeeded in any way at taking over the CPC, given that it wasn't a unilateral move by Mr. O'Toole to throw Mr. Sloan out of the party, it was a majority of MPs who voted to do this. Given the very thin pretext (he was removed over...

Interesting takes ... basically, "social conservatives are not welcome" but "we'll take their vote so long as they have no voice". I think this does sum up the difficult relationship between "SoCons" and the CPC. Both dislike each other but both feel that they need the other. I think that the...

Yes, absolutely. Plus looking on the bright side ... it would be better to be enrolled at a time when I can be sworn-in in person, or for the first time to be in uniform with cadets be in-person rather than virtual. The only real downside right now is lack of access to Logistik and Fortress...

Well, my application continues to be a bit of a "comedy of errors" and just straight bad timing. I learned today that they are now authorized to do COATS interviews by phone -- which is great since that WAS the one thing holding my application back. BUT ... My medical expires tomorrow (1...

FWIW I've been told that I will keep my commission. I'm not sure whether you necessarily keep your old rank, but I was a 2LT anyway so keeping commission = keeping my rank since you don't go any lower. As for the fitness, I think others have covered it. With all due respect, some of the CIC...

Sounds fun but no PT??? I hope I will have the opportunity to take this training one day. I also hope that my past experience in the army would allow me to take time for exercise on my own time in the evenings rather than studying as much. Fortunately I still have my oxfords and parade boots...

I agree that especially with COATS its not just a "throwaway, training rank" but even when I was in the infantry, while I was the lowest of the low, I still wasn't quite nothing as an OCdt. At the risk of making more heads explode, I recall being in charge of some troops on one weekend FTX...

My own CO told me something to the effect of: "you are now only slightly above the slugs that slither along the bottom of the ocean" when I was a freshly-minted OCdt. Usually "stolen valour" types pretend to be a rank that actually means something. Sounds like this guy actually was (or is...

Indeed, this seems to me that this is just the tip of the iceberg, in my view. It has been my position since March that the lockdowns have appeared to only take into account the medical experts concerns without looking at the bigger picture and all other concerns. Aside from economy, I've been...

In my experience, the vast majority of Canadian are completely ignorant of anything military related and have no clue whatsoever. I bet the average Canadian doesn't even know what an Office Cadet is or realize how lowly/unimportant that rank is.

Congrats. I passed one year last week, I believe. My medical expires in a couple more weeks, and there is no end in sight. So you got very fortunate and were probably at the right RCSU. Fortunately I am told I can renew my medical for a further one year with a simple phone interview. Then come...

I've been told there is a 10-day option or 5 weekends option. Personally if my time ever comes, I'm just going to take a week off work and get the 10 days done. Five weekends sounds like death by a thousand cuts.

Thanks for the clarification. I see now that I misread the email from my file manager. I thought it said Southwestern Ontario, but now see it in fact said Southern Ontario.