In the election campaign the Liberals had published a book of its election platform and boasted that Canadians could use it as a checklist to confirm how it kept its commitments. The only commitment in the book that was kept was the disastrous cancellation of the helicopter contract.
As a result, the navy is still embarking Sea Kings on its frigates and destroyers.
The liberals also sold off our Chinooks to the Netherlands several years ago. The new Conservative government has placed an order for new Chinooks.
The Chinook / Labrador is one incredible machine. I’d like to offer the use of our own forces to fly your legislators over the Outer Banks, but the helicopters all seem to be busy right now, and when they are finished, we have a long list of U.S. legislators who’ve ‘volunteered’ to go first. But it is nice to know that our guys can be there for your own native sons. Here’s hoping you don’t need them very often.