tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post113710595549072759..comments2024-03-21T00:43:40.171-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Thanks, Liberals for discrediting sleazy attack adsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1137199356992243792006-01-13T16:42:00.000-08:002006-01-13T16:42:00.000-08:00Re: the Footnote.Do any of those furious Liberal C...Re: the Footnote.<BR/><BR/>Do any of those furious Liberal Candidates have any say in the running of the National CampaignRossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-1137123169128985952006-01-12T19:32:00.000-08:002006-01-12T19:32:00.000-08:00A fellow who happens to be in the Canadian navy li...A fellow who happens to be in the Canadian navy lives close to us.We were talking about the last time armed guys were at the ready was during the FLQ event. We ended up hauling the whole airborne regiment down there for that thing.<BR/><BR/>So if Harper was to put some guys in larger towns sort of like a garrison has anyone figured what that would cost? Where would they sleep and what would it prove. Remember Mel Laxmon( sp) the Toronto mayor who called in the army and they ended up shovelling snow. Some towns would be trying to use the guys as paid by somebody else workers.<BR/>But the real important question which had no answer was. Where would they get the people as the forces are short staffed now? The government closed that army base in Victoria years ago and moved them to Chilliwack which they closed shortly after that.The army has some sort of a presence in nanaimo years ago but the land is new set aside as a possible treaty land deal. A standing army costs money and nobody wants to pay for it. What forces we have now are pretty busy and cutting them into small groups wouod be of no benefit .<BR/><BR/>I'm no Liberal but by gosh Martin was right, the right winger mused about the idea so it was fair game as far as I can see. I did put 22 years at the call of the Queen and I sure don't feel offended by the answers the PM gave on that issue. <BR/><BR/>This country is sort of large but aircraft going east or west do so pretty quickly and take their stuff with them. Martin used the add to remind the Quebec citizens of the bad old days of the war Measures Act in my view. But for lots of other issues I would fight hard to not have them happenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com