Posted on 09/10/2005 10:19:39 AM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 8, 2005) – “Canada stands with you – as friends and as family” said Canada’s Ambassador to the United States Frank McKenna, while his embassy staffers raised more than $20,000 for the Red Cross to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The Canadian Embassy held an all-day fundraiser for the hurricane victims Sept 7.
The U.S. Army joined the Canadian Armed Forces at the embassy event. A color guard from the 3rd U.S. Infantry (the Old Guard) and a combo from the U.S. Army Band (Pershing’s Own) participated in the opening outdoor breakfast benefit.
Other U.S. Soldiers joined hundreds of contributors at the breakfast and at a follow-on lunch. Both meals were free to anyone who made a donation at the embassy.
Canadian Air Force Lt. Col. Jamie Robertson of the embassy’s Canadian Defence Liaison Staff estimated that some 750 people attended the breakfast and lunch, contributing about $17,000. A third afternoon benefit at a restaurant put the donations total over the $20,000 mark.
“It was great to see this event take off,” said Canadian Army Maj. Gen. Jan Arp, the Canadian Defence attaché, who reported for duty at the embassy three week ago.
Arp talked about the outpouring of sympathy and support from the Canadian people for this tragedy.
“Every province has responded,” he said. “We’ve opened up our national emergency stock to contribute supplies.”
Arp talked about the Canadian Armed Forces specialists already helping out in the Gulf Coast region and said that more Canadian military support was on the way.
“As the ambassador said, the United States has helped us many times in the past so now it’s a nice thing that we can help the United States,” Arp said.
A 40-man Canadian military diving team is on scene now in the stricken area, working with the U.S. Navy on the identification and removal of navigation hazards and levee inspection.
A four-ship Canadian task group from the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard (Canadian Forces Joint Task Group 306) left Halifax yesterday for the Gulf Coast, carrying emergency supplies, small boats, communications experts, divers and Army engineers.
The Canadian Air Force is sending two CH-146 Griffin helicopters to assist the U.S. Coast Guard in covering the Boston area’s search and rescue requirements, helping to cover the loss of several USCG helicopters sent from there to conduct rescue operations in the Gulf Coast region.
As with the U.S. and U.S. military response to Katrina, the Canadian and Canadian military response can be expected to grow as recovery efforts unfold and evolve. Canadians, from the prime minister on down, stand ready to help their neighbors to the south for the long-haul.
"We are ready to help,” McKenna said. “You are our friends and together we are family - you do not suffer alone. We were there after 9/11 with volunteers, teams of rebuilding experts and in fundraisers and rallies across Canada. After our terrible ice storms in 1998, you were there to help us."
“In forest fires, floods and natural disasters, Canadians and Americans help each other," McKenna said.
(Note: For more information on Canada’s response to Hurricane Katrina, go to: www.canadianally.com
A 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment Color Guard carries the U.S and Canadian national flags at the kickoff for the Canadian Embassy's fundraiser for Hurricane Kartrina victims Sept. 7. Joining the Old Guard Soldiers is Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Bill Finlay. Jill Mueller
How about cheaper oil?
"As the ambassador said, the United States has helped us many times in the past so now it’s a nice thing that we can help the United States”.
I agree with this opinion. No country in the world would come to our aid the way that the US would, so it's nice to be able to turn around and help you guys out for a change.
They can stay home and take back Celine Dion; damned Canuckistanis!
They are shipping I believe 9.1 Million barrels a day across the border to us.
Want cheaper oil? Explore here, drill here (that includes CA Coast, FL Coast, and ANWAR), refine here, build more refineries, build NucPower plants, etc and tell the environutties and NIMBIES enabled by the ACLU to SHUT UP.
Awesome. This is most welcomed.
Now if the Democrats would just stop stepping on Katrina victims, we'd be stylin'.
do we really need this right now?
Thank you.
I am pretty sure we get more oil from Canada than from anywhere else.
Not sure it is economically viable to drill extensively here, not unless the price goes up even higher (which, I for one don't want).
Let not ferget JesssssEEEEEEEEEE, the REV AL, or CONG-person? Cynthia McKOOKY of GA.
That was supposed to be sarcasm.
No not exclusively but blame the NOT economically viable part on the GREEDY AFL-CIO power brokers, cause it's sure not going to the workers. They are what broke the Merchant Marine Service. We used to be the #1 and now try and find a US Flagged merchant vessel.
Point taken. I never cared for Celine myself. I thought it was extremely rude of her to be a accepted a guest in the US and criticize the govt hurricane response. There's a time to bite your tongue, Celine.
Appreciate the help. Really do. But may one add there are other ways to help as well?
Sarcasm, eh?
We'll forgive you this time, but you'll have to keep Celine Dion.
;-)
But then she couldn't sing.
Hmmmm.....
GOOD IDEA!
"They are shipping I believe 9.1 Million barrels a day across the border to us. "
From what I understand, the Devonian Basin in western Canada has a limited amount of natural oil and natural gas. That's why the tar sands project has been trying for years to squeeze out oil from the tar sands. That's also why the gas pipeline companies are looking towards building LNG (liquid natural gas) terminals on the eastern US coast to convert shipped LNG back to its gas form. They are having to look to innovative techniques to squeeze out more oil and gas because it isn't a never-ending supply in Canada.
Ping!
Sure.
What would you like?
LOL. Don't want Celine back either. I remember she caused controversy between Anglos and Francophones during an award ceremony. I wasn't very impressed with her after that.
I like your byline: (" The liberal party is not corrupt" - Prime Minister Paul Martin). He really said that? Snicker. Snicker.
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