Northern Rancher
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Once again you gutless wonder my name is Cory Wilson, Meadow Lake,Sask.-stop in any time.
Northern Rancher said:Once again you gutless wonder my name is Cory Wilson, Meadow Lake,Sask.-stop in any time.
Manitoba_Rancher said:Ot- they likely wouldnt let an old shieshty horse trader like you across the Canadian border so you better head south! Maybe take some of your ole swaybacks down to Mexico for tourist to ride on the beach!!!
Oldtimer said:Manitoba_Rancher said:Ot- they likely wouldnt let an old shieshty horse trader like you across the Canadian border so you better head south! Maybe take some of your ole swaybacks down to Mexico for tourist to ride on the beach!!!
I have never been to the great state of Texas- now that I have relatives there, if I ever get away that will be the first area...Also like to see the deep south-- I heard Carolina is a great hockey area, thought maybe I could learn something of the game from their knowledge :wink: :lol:
Manitoba_Rancher said:Oldtimer said:Manitoba_Rancher said:Ot- they likely wouldnt let an old shieshty horse trader like you across the Canadian border so you better head south! Maybe take some of your ole swaybacks down to Mexico for tourist to ride on the beach!!!
I have never been to the great state of Texas- now that I have relatives there, if I ever get away that will be the first area...Also like to see the deep south-- I heard Carolina is a great hockey area, thought maybe I could learn something of the game from their knowledge :wink: :lol:
If you act in person like you do on here Im quite sure your relatives are happy not seeing you. How many cows you got OT?
Northern Rancher said:Ohhh I'm just calling a spade a spade sorry if that offends OT-he can run his mouth with the best-as for my father he is a dec eased Canadian war veteran -twice wounded in action-you know the type of Canadian soldier OT likes to run down here. Cute little e-mail you sent Manitoba Rancher by the way-I'm done with you. Econ I do my own chores tyvm-sorry if I don't get off on R-Calfers running down my country.
Northern Rancher said:Ohhh I'm just calling a spade a spade sorry if that offends OT-he can run his mouth with the best-as for my father he is a dec eased Canadian war veteran -twice wounded in action-you know the type of Canadian soldier OT likes to run down here. Cute little e-mail you sent Manitoba Rancher by the way-I'm done with you. Econ I do my own chores tyvm-sorry if I don't get off on R-Calfers running down my country.
Senator Colin Kenny, chairman of the Senate committee on national security and defense, released his committee’s latest report entitled ‘The Government’s No. 1 Job: Securing the Military Options it Needs to Protect Canadians’. In the June 303-page report, Kenny calls for a doubling of the current $15 billion (Cnd.) military budget to $30 billion or $35 billion (Cnd.). He welcomed the new announcements, but contended military spending plans by the Harper government still fall short.
On his travels across the nation, Kenny has often walked into supposedly secure areas of airports and sea ports without being challenged. His findings of lapses of security and the possibility airports and sea ports have been infiltrated by criminal elements have shaken ‘thinking’ Canadians.
Kenny has constantly tried to wake Canadians up against what he says is both complacency and a false sense of security. Chretien himself added to the attitude of many Canadians by insisting because Canada is a “multicultural” nation it is safe from terrorist attacks. That’s even though it is well known Canada is one of the targets on Osama bin Laden’s hit list. Just a month ago police and security forces arrested 17 individuals alleged to be “home grown Islamic terrorists” who planned to blow up several Canadian landmarks and even invade the House of Commons and capture and behead the prime minister.
Kenny — who must appall the basic Liberal-Left structure of his own party as much as Zell Miller appalls the Liberal-Lefters in the Democratic party, has tried to demolish three myths Trudeau, Chretien and Martin perpetuated:
Myth One: Canada is not a warlike nation. True, he says, but Canadians have a history of protecting themselves, and standing up for what is right when the crunch comes. He points to Canada’s participation in the First World War, the Second World War and the Korean War. Coincidentally, in the Second World War one-in-ten Canadians were in uniform, a rate said to be higher than its allies. At the end of the Second World War, with a population of around 11 million, Canada is thought to have had the fourth largest military in the world.
Myth Two: There is no imminent threat to Canadians. Not so, he says. Canadians live in a shrunken world in which borders and even oceans offer limited buffers to disaster. He notes Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Guiliano Zaccardelli testified before Kenny’s Senate committee in May that he expects a terrorist attack will occur on Canadian soil. Zaccardelli pointed out the U.S., Britain, Australia, Spain, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines and Saudi Arabia had already been attacked, as had Iraq. Commented Kenny, “Canada has an unenviable place on al-Qaida’s list of countries to be targeted.”
Myth Three: The Americans will take care of Canada. Kenny’s assessments: The U.S. is a great friend of Canada. On a huge number of issues, the interests of both countries are complementary. But Americans look after their own interests first and foremost, and so should Canadians. The dependence of one nation depending on another nation for its survival is dangerous. In a nutshell, when it comes down to it, the U.S. will look after Canada in a crisis if it can, but it naturally will have to look after its own citizens first. That’s why Canada must become self-sufficient of its own security and defense.
Kenny also notes, as have Conservative politicians, that Canada’s expenditures on defense as a percentage of its Gross National product (GNP) are abysmal. In 2005, the U.S spent $1,712 per capita, and Britain spent $903. Australia $648, and even The Netherlands spent $658. Yet Canada spent only $343 for each man, woman and child to defend the nation. All figures are in Canadian dollars, so add 10% to translate to U.S. dollars.
Canada’s defense spending has often been as low as 1% of its GNP — 1996-97 to 1999-2000, for instance. In 2000-01 and 2001-02 it fell to 0.9% In 2005-06 it was just 6.8% of total federal government spending.
Rounded out, Kenny says both Britain and France spend roughly 2% of their GNP for defense, and if Canada spent that much a $30 billion (Cnd. ) annual defense budget would be quite attainable and sustainable.