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I noticed that they kept calling the unit The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment which is what the English translation of Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke is. And if you tried to find the unit name by going by the battle honours, you would see the same honours on the Guidon of The Sherbrooke Hussars and...

Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke is not the regiment specified there. At the start of WWII it was decided to setup a CASF anglophone infantry battalion from the Eastern Townships. The Personnel came from The Sherbrooke REgiment and Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke. The  unit was The Sherbrooke Fusilier...

Sloppiness is the right word. Evasion would have been the word I would think of, but that may be a little strong.

Unfortunately extrapolation is still a guess, even if it is a logical educated guess and as such can be influenced by the guesser's attitude and prejudices. This is one of those murky areas where I, for one, do not want to have my attitudes influence my guess instead I need more info so back to...

Thanks for the info, does that mean a Minister has to be in town to authorize any changes, because they couldn't initial it otherwise? Seems to me there are things like courier services, faxes, emails etc. and simply writing by order of the minister and the person making the change would have...

Good idea, not that I think it will do any good but if I don't write the letters, how can I think of myself as a good citizen

What really bothers me is, IMHO, her unwillingness to take responsibility for her decision by not initializing the document change. I don't like what it indicates to me regarding her sense of honour.

I have a hard time understanding why she is so strongly supported by Harper. To me, the situation is very clear. Bev Oda is the minister and as such is responsible for her department to the Canadian people. As the Minister, she needs to use her best judgement and does not have to follow her...

Amazing what a start. It even looks like a humming bird, and the way it landed and closed its wings is convincing. But and Yes there's a but, won't it give away its presence by doing things like flying into windows and doorways, and what will it do about screen doors and sliding patio doors...

Why? Are they a part of the government or the Civil Service who need to be there to do a job for Canada? No, they are part of a commercial enterprise who make money from being there. I would suggest they should fly commercial. If the PMO insists on them being flown by the CF, then let them...

Bureacratic bloat. Do you think when the PM travels that he can be without his staff, PR, support staff, security, press etc. Challengers don't have that much space, of course they could use Air Canada for transport, if they want a honking big Airbus let them lease it for the mission

This is silly. The primary mission is the CF's needs not the PM's occasional needs. Yes a nice white aircraft with Canadian insignia would be nice but why does it need to be an Airbus. Why not something like a Bombardier Global 8000, it has the range 7900 nautical miles, speed .85 mach and will...

If anyone is interested in the Allies intervention in Russia after WW1, this reference may be of interest http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo8/no3/moffat-eng.asp

I am not a recruiter but I believe there is another issue here. Tourette can be confirmed by the doctors or not however the second issue is even more important. Your friend is joining the CF team. A team which relies on the integrity fo its members. They place their very lives in each other's...

metal, noise, heat, motion detectors. How is it different from detecting submarines? Invisibility cloaks for tanks etc. are not the endall or be all, good troopes used to thinking for themselves will see things like trails being left in snow or sand. It's just another tool in the soldier's...

You should be able to get the book temporarily, thru your local library, from the National Archives of Canada. They will also photocopy it for you at 20 cents per page or provide a photographic copy or pdf file at 40 cents per page

While this does have an American theme, I think it's applicable to our forces as well. I hope you all a Merry Xmas and wish you all safely home soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_P6yU_ymFM&feature=3Dshare You're in our thoughts

Is it not really a question of time? In the case of a new war, would Canada not have to go to war with the equipment and troops on hand? Is that not why the Regular Forces changed their primary responsibility from conducting the schools and training the Militia, during the 50's, to being the...

Boy are you making me feel old. I trained on the Bren and on the Sten, like you have hanging there on the wall, in the early 60's. I always liked the Bren, it was accurate and easy to maintain. As for the Sten gun, it threw bullets downrange and was easy to strip and reassemble.

Because everyone needs some downtime to maintain their effeciency. I know anytime I've gone over 48 hours straight in my civilian jobs, I've had to do half of it over again after I've had some sleep. I used to work as a programmer/analyst, project team leader and we had some tight deadlines, so...