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I was happy to hear the CF is taking part of the Grey Cup celebrations this week in Vancouver.
HMCS Vancouver sailed the cup into the harbour, then the Grey Cup and the CFL commissioner was transported to the Canada Center via LAV III.
The Air Force is providing a 4 CF-18 flyover, with Navy band and crew of HMCS Vancouver and a LUVW Coyote, and LAV III in the parade. I am sure there will be more activity during the game itself.
I am proud to see we are doing our part in this Canadian tradition.
http://server09.densan.ca/archivenews/051124/prv/051124af.htm
Grey Cup arrives with full military escort: 93-year-old trophy now in place
Talk about your military escort.
The Grey Cup sailed into Vancouver under the Lions Gate Bridge with a maximum of fanfare yesterday, arriving by sea aboard the HMCS Vancouver, a Canadian Navy frigate, shortly after noon.
With the Chilliwack Middle School marching band providing the soundtrack, the 93-year-old Grey Cup arrived under the watchful eye of Canadian Football League commissioner Tom Wright and Grey Cup committee chairman Dennis Skulsky, publisher of The Province and Vancouver Sun.
"I think it's very fitting that, in the Year of the Veteran, the Grey Cup is brought by the HMCS Vancouver," said Wright. "I met so many wonderful men and women aboard the ship.
"I think the 2005 Grey Cup will be the standard by which we measure all the Grey Cups from now on."
Wright and company disembarked, then presented the cup to Vancouver mayor-elect Sam Sullivan.
Sullivan, who uses a wheelchair, didn't make it aboard the Vancouver, which didn't have a suitable ramp. Disabled access may become a new priority for the new city council.
After a grip-and-grin with the Cup, now safely ashore, many of the official entourage then climbed aboard two Canadian Forces armoured personnel vehicles.
Wright proudly held the Grey Cup aloft as he jumped on a Coyote armoured carrier.
About a dozen members of the Grey Cup committee clambered aboard a LAVIII -- light armoured vehicle -- holding on carefully with quite a fall awaiting any who might lose their focus in the fog.
With the media in tow, the two eight-wheeled vehicles then sped around Canada Place.
Surprised tourists snapped photos as the Grey Cup committee members waved from atop their transports.
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/11/24/Sports/military_greycup051124.xhtml
Taxpayers, military spar over Grey Cup publicity campaign
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:49:42 EST
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm about the amount of money the hard-pressed Canadian military is spending on Vancouver's Grey Cup celebrations.
HMCS Vancouver sailed into Vancouver's harbour with the cup on board on Wednesday as part of the build up, and four CF-18 fighter jets will swoop over the city to kick off the Grey Cup parade this weekend.
CFL Commissioner Tom Wright says the league isn't paying for any of the military's expenses.
And Sara MacIntyre of the taxpayers' group says that raises a lot of questions.
"The level of involvement is certainly going to be a big price tag for the taxpayers, and for the military which is constantly reminding taxpayers and the public of how little resources they have.
"To be spending it on such a gratuitous public relations campaign is certainly questionable," she says.
But a navy spokesperson says there was already money budgeted to help HMCS Vancouver foster closer relations with its namesake city.
Capt. Leah Gillespie acknowledges there may be some additional cost for things such as the four fighter jets flying over the parade, but she maintains it is money well spent.
"Something like the Grey Cup is wonderful because we get all that extra publicity, and it is a recruiting tool as well."
courtesy of CBC British Columbia
My response to Sara MacIntyre of Canadian Taxpayers Federation is:
If you'd lobbied for us harder in the past, you would not have these objection to our "waste" right now because it is something the CF would have been doing every yr.
HMCS Vancouver sailed the cup into the harbour, then the Grey Cup and the CFL commissioner was transported to the Canada Center via LAV III.
The Air Force is providing a 4 CF-18 flyover, with Navy band and crew of HMCS Vancouver and a LUVW Coyote, and LAV III in the parade. I am sure there will be more activity during the game itself.
I am proud to see we are doing our part in this Canadian tradition.
http://server09.densan.ca/archivenews/051124/prv/051124af.htm
Grey Cup arrives with full military escort: 93-year-old trophy now in place
Talk about your military escort.
The Grey Cup sailed into Vancouver under the Lions Gate Bridge with a maximum of fanfare yesterday, arriving by sea aboard the HMCS Vancouver, a Canadian Navy frigate, shortly after noon.
With the Chilliwack Middle School marching band providing the soundtrack, the 93-year-old Grey Cup arrived under the watchful eye of Canadian Football League commissioner Tom Wright and Grey Cup committee chairman Dennis Skulsky, publisher of The Province and Vancouver Sun.
"I think it's very fitting that, in the Year of the Veteran, the Grey Cup is brought by the HMCS Vancouver," said Wright. "I met so many wonderful men and women aboard the ship.
"I think the 2005 Grey Cup will be the standard by which we measure all the Grey Cups from now on."
Wright and company disembarked, then presented the cup to Vancouver mayor-elect Sam Sullivan.
Sullivan, who uses a wheelchair, didn't make it aboard the Vancouver, which didn't have a suitable ramp. Disabled access may become a new priority for the new city council.
After a grip-and-grin with the Cup, now safely ashore, many of the official entourage then climbed aboard two Canadian Forces armoured personnel vehicles.
Wright proudly held the Grey Cup aloft as he jumped on a Coyote armoured carrier.
About a dozen members of the Grey Cup committee clambered aboard a LAVIII -- light armoured vehicle -- holding on carefully with quite a fall awaiting any who might lose their focus in the fog.
With the media in tow, the two eight-wheeled vehicles then sped around Canada Place.
Surprised tourists snapped photos as the Grey Cup committee members waved from atop their transports.
[email protected]
http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national/2005/11/24/Sports/military_greycup051124.xhtml
Taxpayers, military spar over Grey Cup publicity campaign
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:49:42 EST
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm about the amount of money the hard-pressed Canadian military is spending on Vancouver's Grey Cup celebrations.
HMCS Vancouver sailed into Vancouver's harbour with the cup on board on Wednesday as part of the build up, and four CF-18 fighter jets will swoop over the city to kick off the Grey Cup parade this weekend.
CFL Commissioner Tom Wright says the league isn't paying for any of the military's expenses.
And Sara MacIntyre of the taxpayers' group says that raises a lot of questions.
"The level of involvement is certainly going to be a big price tag for the taxpayers, and for the military which is constantly reminding taxpayers and the public of how little resources they have.
"To be spending it on such a gratuitous public relations campaign is certainly questionable," she says.
But a navy spokesperson says there was already money budgeted to help HMCS Vancouver foster closer relations with its namesake city.
Capt. Leah Gillespie acknowledges there may be some additional cost for things such as the four fighter jets flying over the parade, but she maintains it is money well spent.
"Something like the Grey Cup is wonderful because we get all that extra publicity, and it is a recruiting tool as well."
courtesy of CBC British Columbia
My response to Sara MacIntyre of Canadian Taxpayers Federation is:
If you'd lobbied for us harder in the past, you would not have these objection to our "waste" right now because it is something the CF would have been doing every yr.
