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Good question. As I mentioned earlier, my reasons for going Liberal in the last Federal election had very little or nothing to do with Trudeau. I was never really certain about him from the get-go, but my other reasons outweighed that. Now, I'm not so sure anymore, at all. He continues to...

AAAHH!!! you're bumper-stickering me!! OK...just kidding :D As noted, I will better inform myself.  I expect that he is not the devil that some these far-left types are making him out to be. I agree completely about the stupid disruptive behaviour.

Thanks. I will do that as soon as I get a chance. Looks like it's two hours long. The first few bits of what I heard sound reasonable enough. Cheers.

Thanks G2G. I was going to mention the Sgt Pilots of WWII (and the WO hel pilots of Vietnam) to reinforce the "apples and oranges", but much better coming from One Who Knows.

Yes but, as I pointed out (not very effectively, it seems...), RMC is just one way to produce officers. I did not come up by that system, and I made it clear that RMC officers are not automatically better officers just because they went to that institution. When I graduated from the Infantry...

This was on campus so largely invisible to most of the population. On the way home from work yesterday, I was listening to CBC covering the story. They gave air time to on individual who defended the right of the Professor to speak (and of the University to give him the space), but they also...

Colouring books? Anarchists would never stay between the lines. And everything would be in black and red.

This is Canada, so unless there's a war on, nobody "flocks" to anything to do with the military. They never have. It will always be a minority who choose a military career, and an even smaller slice of that who choose to become officers. According to what Humphrey Bogart has been telling us...

Who said the CoC didn't listen? Listen doesn't automatically mean "agree". Maybe they listened, but they considered the complaint and have decided to stick with their principles.

IMHO "gentrification" is an over used term and beloved of people who are too shiftless to do anything other than whine about somebody else's success. I would much, much rather see a neighbourhood where small business (even left of centre small business!!!) thrive, with cleaned up streets and...

I'm not sure your last statement is true. I started my commissioned service with only a high school diploma, obtaining my degree many years later as a senior Major, through the University Training Plan for Officers at two civvy universities. I have no dog in the RMC fight. That said, I think...

Actually, if you read the Inspector's account, he decided (probably wisely) that the two constables on the scene wouldn't achieve much and might be at risk on their own. He pulled them back. He then triggered a much larger deployment, but it sounds like by the time that was getting traction, the...

So, now for something (slightly..) different. A while back I suggested that the real "left wing" in Canada. who are opposed to everything on principle, at some point shade off into Marxists and Anarchists. Well, here they are in all their glory...

This is dismal. Are there no physically fit young people out there, or do fit young people have no interest in joining as officers?

Damn those people who just won't fit into stereotypes!! ;D

You assume. Liberals have been tossed out before: it all depends on what comes next, and how many people they piss off. Buggering up the economy would be a swamp for them. (And they see that too, which is no doubt why they have consulted Tory expertise in their attempts to defend a Tory NAFTA...

I wonder what dairy farmers would think about this? We have lots of them in Ontario, especially here in the eastern regions. While Liberals are not usually all that strong outside urban areas, Tories traditionally draw a fair amount of support from rural voters, and as far as I know most dairy...

Wow. Really?  WTF was going on there?

Actually, it is a "real charge". Like lots of people on here, I've used it a few times. 129 reflects the fact that it's the responsibility of the chain of command to maintain the "good order and discipline" of the organizations they lead. There are dozens (if not hundreds) of seemingly small...

I was keying on this phrasing from stellarpanther: This is more or less what I was getting at, except to add that being aware of an offence and not acting on it is perilously close to condoning it.  I agree that even  a peer can try offer advice or suggest a better way as a first response to...