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Why Are Medal Congrats on Tory Web Page?

My question though, is why is there nothing on the medals (as of 2045 AST) on the cbc webpage?
 
(maybe just a teeny weenie bit of political grandstanding?)

Just call me jaded. :warstory:
 
And what would we say if the other parties did the same?

They are members of parliament, and as well for the ridings that the chaps are from.

Good on them for recognizing the troops as Conservatives, as opposed to having being forced as the Government in power.

How many MP's or parties have done the same otherwise?

dileas

tess
 
OK, It's on the cbc site now.  But, check out the headline:

Military announces first recipients of 'new' valour honours

Is it just me, or does putting the byline like that take away from the story?  I read that, and I think "what does this whole 'new' thing mean?"
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/10/27/military-valour.html

By contrast, the ctv has as their headline:

Combat medals recognize valour of 4 Canadians

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061027/combat_medals_061027/20061027?hub=Canada

 
Interesting headline on CBC, indeed.  At least the CBC story has the gist of the main elements correct, unlike the CTV story.  I used the feedback box on CTV's story to ask:  "Who won the VC, according to this partof your story:  Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean on Friday announced the national honours awarded to recognize acts of valour, self-sacrifice or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.  They consist of the Victoria Cross, the Star of Military Valour and the Medal of Military Valour. It is the first time the decorations created in 1993 have been awarded"?  It'll be interesting to see if I ever get a reply.

Back to the original question, though, one theory was that there may not have been time for a civil servant to post PM/DefMin congrats on the dep't & PM web pages.  Well, a bureaucrat had time to post this statement from the CDS AFTER the media introduction session Friday evening around 6pm:
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2129

Also, on Friday, I notice a statement about the PM accusing the opposition of stalling is on both the PM site:
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1383

AND the party site:
http://www.conservative.ca/EN/1091/57379

so it appears to me there may be an element of choice on the part of the politicians on what stuff gets posted where, when.

48th - I'm looking forward to the other parties congratulating too.  What I was scratching my head over was why say "way to go" as party members, but not as the bosses (to grossly oversimplify) of the troops in question?  If the government we elected (as opposed to the ruling party) grieves for the fallen, why can't the government we elected give the atta boy too?

To be fair, though, I note the PM statements honouring the fallen all appear on the party site as well, so it would take a bite out of any theory that there's a desire to link just good news with the party alone, and bad news with the department alone.

- edit -- adds follow-up to 48th's point -
 
Slight hikack:

vG, you just need a sign which says:

    VOTE NDP:

You'll get JACK!



Hijack ends  ;)
 
the 48th regulator said:
And what would we say if the other parties did the same?
They are members of parliament, and as well for the ridings that the chaps are from.
Good on them for recognizing the troops as Conservatives, as opposed to having being forced as the Government in power.
How many MP's or parties have done the same otherwise?
dileas
tess
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Tess,
As the party of the government in power, you'd think that, surely, they could get their staff to post something on an official site.....

Oh yeah, I guess they did........
 
There's nothing on the Liberal page (yet), but, oddly, one of their headers shows soldiers in Desert CADPAT saluting...
 
Is it just me or shouldn't it be gov't 1st and party grandstanding 2nd?
 
As of this posting (12:36pm EDT), the only official words of congrats on the awards from the people's elected representatives are on a political, not a government site...

Geo, +10 to you - you've lined up all the coloured sides of the Rubik's Cube for me re:  my unease.  Thanks!
 
Calgary Herald
Short article in Saturdays paper and across the page large article on the Russian Afghanistan's veteran association's point of view from Moscow.
No need to guess on how the article was edited.
 
I see a news room listing on the DND/CF site dated as October 27, 2006 with the title "Statement by the Chief of the Defence Staff on the First-Ever Awarding of Military Valour Decorations. At the bottom it gives a general link to the website of the Governor General of Canada and says full information is available there including full citations for the four soldiers' actions but I have not been able to find it even today Nov 1st. Some of the information at news sites looks like it came from what would be full citations so I am not sure whats going on. There is a duplicate entry for one of the news items for the 27th so perhaps it's just bad site maintenance.
 
four citations are here:
http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4905
 
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