Posted on 02/09/2002 2:13:12 PM PST by Sir Gawain
Then why reply to me?
BTW don't insult me
Hey. Thanks for the honesty!
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The Hudson Bay Company, which had a commercial territory reaching all across Canada before there was a Canada, and into Alaska while it was still Russian, had a little proficiency test for job applicants who wished to work in the beaver pelt trade.
They each had to pack 80 pounds of beaver pelts 80 miles in 2 days on foot.
Try that on a weekend.
During the first half of the 20th Century, Canada honored itself on Flander's Fields, Vimy Ridge, Dieppe, Normandy and the push to Germany.
Somewhere along the line, Canadian Liberal Governments decided that it was America's job to defend Western Civilization and that it was Canada's job to self-righteously judge how well America performed this duty.
I miss the Canada that is now only found in the pages of History.
HMCS VANCOUVER DEPLOYS
About 8 500 personnel, including 235 sailors and aircrew on board HMCS VANCOUVER, deployed November 12 from San Diego...
NAVAL TASK GROUP DEPLOYS
More than 900 sailors and aircrew in HMC Ships IROQUOIS, CHARLOTTETOWN and PRESERVER departed Halifax October 17 for OPERATION APOLLO.
Click on the insignia for more... 
"1. Quebec is solidly Liberal because they are a guarantee that federal money forever will be transferred into their coffers."
The Liberal Party only won 34 of 75 seats in Quebec. I'd hardly call that solid. The existance of the Bloc Quebecois, consisting of mostly former federal Conservative supporters, turns (within Quebec) every federal election into a federalist vs. separatist battle, without much focus on policy. A similar situation exists in the west, with Reform/Alliance (also consisting mostly of former Conservative supporters) being a regional party not capable of forming goverment.
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"2. Industrial Ontario is solidly Liberal because of the flood of immigrants who can be relied to vote themselves the gravy train.
Ontario is solidly Liberal because of vote splits between Reform/Alliance and Tory candidates, plain and simple. There is no such split in provincial politics, and the Conservatives have formed majority governments the last two elections.
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"3. Canadians basically aren't too bright."
Speak for yourself, my friend. I'd say GENERALLY Canadians aren't too bright, but basically? That's painting all of us with one brush, when it's really just most of us.
Until the parties on the right get their acts together and rally around Joe Clark (IMHO, the only politician at this time who could possibly lead the right to power) we're stuck with Liberal majority governments.
As I said before, the Reform/Alliance party is not capable of winning an election. Period. Stockwell (sorry Coteblanche) was the final nail in the coffin. Preston Manning was just starting to make inroads east of Manitoba (I had occasion to meet him, and was impressed by his frankness and honesty) and the party membership dumped him. As for Clark being the one to split the vote, which party was the one involved in founding Canada? Not the Reform, that's for sure....
Thanks for the support (Rumsfield was obviously 'shocked' that the media knew Canada has warships). We took Juno Beach on D-Day, which was between Britain's Gold Beach and Sword Beach. The USA had Utah Beach and (bloody) Omaha Beach (as I'm sure everybody knows). Canada lost 3000 in Korea, we did naval boarding during and after the Gulf War, and in Kosovo Canada flew 15% of all air sorties. Our JTF-2 special forces have already been in action in Afghanistan, and our combat troops (750) have started to arrive at Kandahar. Rumsfield was just joking that the media was awake enough to know that Canada has warships. He's a great guy, and he's doing a good job. Incidentally, we once had an aircraft carrier named the 'Bonaventure.'
A word to our American cousins: if you believe the truism that government welfare handouts make people dependant on the Left, wait until you see what socialized medicine does to them. I think American Medicare/Medicaid has already pushed the American medical system in the direction of ours. Many here at Free Republic ask, how did Canada get the way it is? In my opinion, introduction of socialized medicine has done more than anything else to push much of this country into it's squishy leftism. Also, there seems to be popular opinion up here that our health care is free: the high level of Canadian taxation is rarely connected in the public mind to the cost of health care, and if you point it out to average people, they shrug it off, being fearful and well and truly bought.
Pardon my rant.
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