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I'm surprised anyone in this day and age thought Peacekeeping should be an election issue. This gov't can be raked over the coals for so many other military issues (like procurement), it seems odd to drag us back to the days of a UN "White Man's Burden."

Everyone with an axe to grind in this election is telling you how to vote George. So what? They aren't at the polling place plying you with booze or threats as was not uncommon in elections long past (and if they do that, they'll be arrested, as it should be). If they try to disenfranchise you...

That revelation about his admiration of Thatcher puts Angry Tom up a few notches in my opinion, but I don't think he has the weight to steer the NDP very far to the right. It'll cause some damage, perhaps, but organized labour doesn't have any other wagon to hitch to, so I doubt it'll have the...

Veterans' issues should be election issues, IMO, and the current government has some issues that they ought to be called out on. I'm with Occam on this one. Jed, when you are retired or released you'll be in the same group as that guy, whether you like it or not - a veteran. Don't worry, you...

Look to the British press if you want to see where it ends up. Every news outlet has a definable political stance. There is no neutral.

It really hurts when a small sip of single malt goes through one's nose.

Fair comment - Harper is "Nixon Lite" all the flaws, but without the same level of strength, or willingness to cross the line. He'll join Cretien, among other PMs as one who didn't put the ship on the rocks, but doesn't have any stand out accomplishment, even if it's something as simple as...

Interesting take, especially considering no-one ever accused Trudeau Sr of being an introvert. From Ibbitson's work quoted above it seems to me that Mr Harper is more like Richard Nixon - anger, funk, enemies, trust issues.

My first ballot was cast about 20 years later I think. I'm conflicted because I don't see the Harper Conservatives as the least bad choice. A while ago I would have cleaved to the Liberals as the viable alternative, but I have the same issues as you with Justin Trudeau. Mr Mulcair has the...

No, but they have accused his COS of "buying off" The Ol' Duff. My concerns about the party are the direction it has taken which deviates from the path promised - transparency, trustworthiness, no more "business as usual" politics. But every move I can see over the past five years seems in the...

The quoted numbers from the last election are approximately 6,000 out of 1,000,000 Canadian citizens abroad. Imagine a 0.6% turnout in any election. Plus consider how many of the 6,000 were ones who would qualify for exemptions under the new rules (CF, Foreign Service, working for Gov't...

Are you sure you aren't conservative? I am, and the party that uses the upper case for the first letter of the name is one that I have a great deal of difficulty supporting this time around (congratulations to them - I'm having trouble deciding for the first time since Trudeal Sr was in the Big...

The vote is strictly linked to citizenship. Period. The '93 law also allowed federal judges the vote, and I would regard the "visit reset" built into that as intentional, not a "loophole." The "passports of convenience" in the ME and elsewhere don't vote, even though they could (up 'till now)...

The C1 "GPMG" had huge problems with feed due to the conversion from .30 cal. The C5 was actually an improvement. My first MG course (I did 3 - long story) was with the C1. My memory is about 25 years old though. However the 7.62 barrel was definitely rifled. My mortar memories are a few years...

It can, if you want to make a big mistake. Sure, the definition of an IED may fit with some other definitions of explosive devices, but it is VERY important to distinguish them. Ask any EOD guys why they have special teams for dealing with IEDs, with special equipment and training.

Not trite, however the vast majority of people really want "security" not "freedom," and that includes Americans.

Sorry to drag this back from the dead, but the above is only to set up the emailing to your home account of your pay statements. As is mentioned further upthread, you cannot access the rest of EMAA from home, nor can you have it emailed to your home address. You can only get the full deal on DWAN.

There's some visceral satisfaction to burning French cars. I'm not sure what it's all about.

Errm... Howard Hughes invented odd airplanes (Spruce Goose). Sam Hughes was Canada's Minister of Militia and the inventor of the impractical instrument. He was also the proponent of a great many other silly things, but can be credited with ensuring the Canadian troops were not broken up to...

1000 in Karachi is like one guy ranting from atop a milk-crate in Edmonton. I think you're right Kirkhill, they may be getting a  bit  sick of it.