Canada's Military Said to be on 'Verge of Collapse'

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 9/18/02 | Alison Appelbe

[MetalHeadConservative35]

Yeah just forget the terrorists lets go invade Canada, that is a more pressing need. Why hasn't Bush proposed this?

eh,,,,we were kidding????

[Crawdad]

Didn't Clive Cussler do that in one of his books?

[Ditter]

Canadians are not allowed to keep & bear arms? You could have fooled me. Most of our trips to Canada (& there have been a lot) have been hunting trips & the Canadians were just as armed as we were.

[Greg Weston]

I thought you probably were. But with some of these beyond idiotic Canada bashers sometimes it's hard to tell.

[STD]

Other than hockey punks and avant garde socialism, what do these maple syrup soaked surrender monkeys contribute? I remember all those posts about "Princess Light" soldiers and their alleged sniping proficiency. They need to solve their domestic problem before we give them the time of day.

[Publius6961]

Canada still has a military?

[MetalHeadConservative35]

beyond idiotic Canada bashers

is there such a thing?

by the way you saved yourself from a humilating monty-python flaming! :) good morning friend!

[Spottys Spurs]

"From a peak fighting force of 120,000 four decades ago, the country is now reduced to 60,000 members in uniform."

Wow, I didn't realize Bill Clinton also ran Canada back then!

[MetalHeadConservative35]

Other than hockey punks and avant garde socialism...

hey i thank canada everyday for hockey punks such as darren McCarty and Tie Domi :)

[badfreeper]

"What sort of agreements do the Canadians have with the English? Do they share some costs in defending/patrolling the north Atlantic and Artic Ocean?

"Does England have any influence over these canucks at all?"

I'm not even going to dignify a lot of the posters' comments here with a response (the usual Canada haters are out in force) but your questions seem legit.

HRH Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada and official head of state. Her representative in Canada is the Governor General, who is appointed by the Prime Minister. Other than mostly ceremonial duties, the Governor General's main function is to serve as referee in the event of a non-confidence vote in parliament. The GG must decide if another member of the ruling party can garner enough support to carry the government or if an election must be called. For practical purposes, the Queen has no involvement whatsoever in Canadian political life. At most, she might address parliament once a decade or so during a royal visit to Canada.

With the exception of both being members of NATO, I'm not aware of any ties or agreements between Britian and Canada. NATO members frequently use Canadian bases for training exercises. The British sold Canada some second hand subs, but they leak.

Canada has a huge area, and three oceans worth of coastline. The tax burden of protecting all of that with a population of 30 million or so is huge, so whatever level of funding the military got it was never enough. Add the Liberals, who have been cutting the military ever since they were elected, and you have the makings of a dangerous situation. They haven't learned the lessons of history, or so it seems.

[LibWhacker]

Canada is even worse than California. Used to be great. But they're losing that right fast.

[Greg Weston]

I had a war of words awile back with a would be Canada invader. I've always enjoyed my time up there, the vast majority of people were very nice. For a city it's size Toronto was terrific. Don't understand why some want to try and make an enemy of our neighbors to the north. We got enough to deal with.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Do a Google search under C-68, the Canadian firearms registration act of 1995.

[badfreeper]

"I can't remember the name either but I do recall it's on a dead end."

It's a VERY long dead end street called "Natural Resource Way."

Now play nice or we won't share.

[InvisibleChurch]

why do they need a miltary? the US will bale America Jr. out

[Ditter]

All of our trips were pre 95, I guess thats why we don't go anymore. LOL The Canadian hunting industry must have fallen by the wayside.

[badfreeper]

"...what do these maple syrup soaked surrender monkeys contribute?"

Name one time any Canadian outfit has surrendered. EVER.

I don't have a problem with the maple syrup soaked remark, but the rest was way not cool.

[cynicom]

Send a company of marines at once to invade Canada.

[LibWhacker]

Here are some of the provisions of C-68:

1) all gun owners will need to have a license to own or obtain a gun by 2001

2) safety checks will be made on an applicant before a license is issued

3) spouses and partners of applicants will be notified when a new applicant wishes to acquire a gun

4) new applicants will have to pass a safety course all firearms must be registered by 2003.

5) To register a firearm, applicants must have a license.

6) eventually firearms brought into Canada will be recorded at the point of entry

7) all firearms must be stored unloaded and made inoperable.

The noose is tightening. A few years ago, the socialists pushed through registration of all short-barrelled handguns -- after promising that no confiscation would follow. Of course, that promise was quickly broken. It's a gun rights nightmare up North and getting worse everyday. Kind of like California, where I live. :-(