I see in your pic that you are a medic, stick to doing FA and patching up bullet wounds and dont criticize how i do my job.
Remember, I'm a
reserve medic, I've never been near a real bullet wound in my life. I have done FA though.
Seriously though, I didn't mean to criticize your job. What I was trying to say is that with this new agreement there will be more cooperation with on the maritime surveillance front, which is good, since Canada doesn't have a series of bases strung throughout the Pacific like the US, making maritime interdiction more likely, at least on the west coast.
I did more research on the ships carrying the illegal migrants, it was in 99, there were four boats, the first one arriving on July 20th in Nootka sound, the last on Sep 9th in Nootka sound, all intercepted by the coast guard once they crossed into Canadian waters. I think I was a bit hasty in saying that a ball was dropped in regards to these incidents, though since there has not been, to my knowledge another case like this in almost 7 years I would say everybody is doing a great job in stopping this, wether stopping it in China or intercepting the boats sooner.
Also, I don't know if this agreement will mean that the US can help patrol just outside Canadian waters or even Canadian waters, I wouldn't mind since NAS Whidbey has 4 Patrol, 2 Fleet Air Reconnaissance squadrons, while Comox has 1 Patrol squadron. I think BC has more coastline than Washington state, but I could stand to be corrected.
All the best,
Bart
P.S. I have just written my MP to say I want more maritime patrol planes and crews.
http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E sure comes in handy.
