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One question that should be asked is where are the funds for EI coming from? Not the government but employees and their employers. Yes the government administers the program but they don't fund it. Ever wonder why they have made it harder to draw benefits, it's simple the more surpluses in the...

Can you explain to me how EI is a government entitlement? Last I knew it's not funded by the government at all. Employees and employers fund it. Actually the government has been siphoning money out of the EI system for years.

It was a CBC broadcast so I hope more than 1% would notice but I could be wrong. For those making excuses for this would you show a subordinate the same leeway if the situation occurred with them? I hope not.

Lets not make simple excesses for it. Pure disrespect if not by the member than in his training system.

As a former serving member of the Canadian Forces I'm completely discussed. Just finished watching the opening of the LA / Vancouver NHL game. During the Canadian national anthem the member of the US Forces standing beside the singer of the anthem was standing at at ease but when the US National...

I've seen summary trials which sent people to Club Ed (back in the day) that would of never stood a chance at a CM. In one case they ran a police line up at the London Police station. 2 of the 3 witnesses ID'd me as the perp. No one ID'd the sentenced party. Lucky the Base Commander could...

Just tried the "Regiment VMC" web site linked in the first post. My virus protection alerted to an infected site.

The 70th anniversary of D-Day is next June 6 and the French government is looking to bestow the Legion of Honour on surviving Canadian veterans. Veterans who fought for the liberation of France on D-Day and in the Battle of Normandy are eligible for France's highest decoration. The catch is, the...

Just seen this story. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/cutting-size-military-could-table-harper-government-201346410.html Any thoughts.

Just because you opted to not go to the mess doesn't mean you were not able to. I have had members challenge paying mess dues because they chose not to go to the mess. Every time they were told too bad that's your choice.

If you were surviving on EI alone I can see your point but being topped up to 90% I can't see the problem. A great many on the civilian side have to survive without any top up. If you have a decent paying civilian job once you hit EI max that's it. Many times this can be far less than 50% of...

I'm sure you can after your run for mayor in London a few years back.

Bottom line is if your operating in view of the public you have no reasonable expectation of privacy. OPSEC goes out the door in a public environment. How many police recently that have stepped over the line wish that being filmed was illegal? Don't mistake this last statement to think that I'm...

And what difference does it make legally if he is a professional photographer or not. Professional photographers have no extra legal rights or any less than the general public.

Yes Jim you are correct he was with the PPCLI. I have been in contact with Mark Towhey. The RCR officer I remembered was Capt. Twohey. I think his first name was also Mark but am not sure. It's been almost 24 years since I served with Capt. Twohey.

Now I've finally got the forums search feature to work Mark has posted on this forum before. He posted as a guest ( towhey ) approximately 10 years ago.

I believe one the the ones he's threatening to sue is former Canadian Forces. If I recall correctly his former chief of staff Mark Towhey was an officer in The RCR.

It's already been stated his qualification for the white leaf wings. "QOR para Pl"

My big question is why would any cadet corps recruit anyone as an OCdt that does not have the maturity to be in a position of authority? A problem I've seen in the past was some corps recruiting their junior officers from aged out cadets. Some of these officers do not make the transition from...

I always believed that CIC are part of the Canadian Forces as as such should act as such. When you skirt the rules and state Cadet organizations do things differently it's a crock. You can't have it both ways. To listen to complaints about your officers deficiencies is one thing, but to even...