Liberals Rhetoric Risk Military Lives

The media spent years giving the opposition free publicity in referring to snap election as illegal. Will the media reflect on their biased coverage and the ruling of the highest court in Canada? Will the Canadian media correct the opposition MPs when they repeat the incorrect statement on their panels?

The Supreme Court of Canada upheld Thursday the fixed-election date law passed in 2008 by dismissing an appeal that questioned the law’s legality and the holding of a snap election the same year.- Federal Government Wins Supreme Court Rejects Democracy Watch Case

Battle of the X Planes

NOVA goes behind the doors of Boeing's Phantom Works and Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works to record classified meetings, flies the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle to build the most capable and versatile fighter ever. It is available in the US online here.

Will the Canadian media investigate and report on the JSF program and the competition between Lockheed and Boeing in an unbiased manner? Will they focus on only the problems and delays without giving a full accounting of both sides?

The opposition is not talking about the cost of a replacement for the CF 18 and the media is giving them a FREE ride. The CF fleet will be at then of their useful life in 2020. How much is the alternative aircraft fighter fleet? My CANADA will honour our troops this time and spend the money to protect them and help them come home.

A Canadian officer injured in Tuesday's fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi has died while being transferred to hospital in Ireland. Prime Minister Paul Martin made the announcement to a hushed House of Commons late Wednesday afternoon.-Buying used Military equipment Liberal Government

HMCS Chicoutimi [SSK 879] isn’t expected back in the fleet until early 2013

Unsurprisingly, refit and refurbishment costs for the renamed Victoria Class skyrocketed well past the initial GBP C$ 750 million estimate. Beyond the costs involved, the delays have also left the Canadians fielding the equivalent of training submarines for about a decade. At one point, problems even took the entire fleet out of commission. -Sub Fleet Creating Canadian Controversies 

The Bloc voted in favour with the Conservatives totaling 170 MPs against the NDP-Liberals motion. The purchase, delivery is not expected to commence until the deficit has been reduced over the next four years. Will the media ask the Liberals and NDP on the panels: If a majority of MPs have already voted in favour for the highly skilled Canadian jobs including the purchase of  sixty five jets, why is your party refusing to respect the "will of parliament"?

The Herbivores Don't Like Canada's New Direction

Jeffrey Simpson and the Liberal Party don't like the fact the Conservative government are not interested in a fake military or relegated to a herbivore on the international stage. Canada's Military: Liberalism Hot Air

Canada's was one of the first responders to the Haiti disaster because this government changed the direction of our military spending and secured strategic lift. Our Global reputation has improved and the world is now paying attention again to Canada.

A few Liberals were honest and connected the dots. Michael Ignatieff in 2005 at Trinity College gave a speech and rebuked Liberalism for deciding to build roads and hospitals instead of following the U.S. and Britain in being a responsible international citizen. He stated that Canadians would rather bitch about the Rich Americans than pay the note. What was the direction of the Liberals since Trudeau, Chretien and Martin? 

Our Canadian military has an aging Sea King Fleet because the Liberals refused to pay the note. Our international reputation took a hit because we refused to honour our responsibility and military tradition that we earned in WWI and WWII. Chretien branded the EH-101 helicopters "Cadillacs" during the election campaign that ended two consecutive governments of Tory rule, most of it under Brian Mulroney.

Chretien spent 10 years in power without ever replacing the rusted out Sea Kings, which sapped morale in the Air Force and Navy, and proved more costly when new helicopters were eventually purchased.

- The Canadian Press
 

The herbivore led Liberal governments decision to abandon our military capabilities had real consequences, we took over a week to secure a rented Russian plane to bring help to earthquake victims. We did have a world class ship building industry. We had the largest flight training base outside Europe during WWII in Eastern Canada.

Did the herbivores invest and maintain our capabilities or just like Simpson add empty rhetoric when the note was due?

Fighter aircraft are extremely useful in pitched battles, but the nature of modern conflict that would involve Canada is not likely to be of that kind. They also can provide good cover for aircraft carriers, of which Canada has none. More heavily armoured planes would be better suited to support infantry.

- Jeffery Simpson 

Herbivores channel Alice in Wonderland or don't care how Canadian CF-18s were partly responsible in stopping the ethnic cleansing in 1999 in Europe.

The main element of the operation was the air forces of NATO. The French Navy and Air Force operated the Super Etendard and the Mirage 2000. The Italian Air Force operated with 34 Tornado, 12 F-104, 12 AMX, 2 B-707, the Italian Navy operated with Harrier II. The British Royal Air Force operated the Harrier GR7 and Tornado ground attack jets as well as an array of support aircraft. Belgian, Danish, Dutch and Turkish Air Forces operated F-16s. The Spanish Air Force deployed F-18s. The Canadian Air Force deployed a total of 18 CF-18s, enabling them to be responsible for 10% of all bombs dropped in the operation. The fighters were armed with both guided and unguided "dumb" munitions, including the Paveway series of laser-guided bombs. The bombing regiment marked the first time the German Luftwaffe actively participated in combat operations since the end of World War II. The American B-2 Spirit stealth bomber also saw its first combat.- Wikipedia

F-35 $ 16 Billion Canadian Air Combat Fighter 

Is this how Liberals define their Canada? We’re giving the whole country an all-access pass to the Liberal vision for Canada’s future. Town by town, BBQ by BBQ, handshake by handshake, we’re showing Canadians that our party is the only progressive, compassionate, and responsible alternative to the Harper Conservatives.

Liberal public safety critic Mark Holland told the committee the issue is not front-line police officers. "The issue is the prime minister that put them there." Holland called the G20 a "security nightmare" and "absolute farce" that should never have taken place in a major city, where property damage was predictable.- Winnipeg Free Press

What do the herbivores want, a return to the dark years with the inability to respond to natural disasters, genocide in a timely matter?  If so, no thanks I want a government that pays the note and does not just talk about our international responsibility. My Canada not only helps, but leads.

Canada's G8 Maternal Health Policy

“Accountability is the key,” Harper said as he opened the meetings. “We must follow through on our initiatives and meet our commitments. If the countries with the greatest resources will not take action on the most urgent global issues, then who will?”

The $1.1 billion in new money brings Canada's total contribution to improving health care for children and mothers in developing countries to $2.85 billion over the next five years.

This Conservative led government is pushing for more action in order to move forward.

University Educated & Liberals: Most likely to support Prisoner Pension benefits

Ontarions, Liberal supporters, and the university educated were the most likely to support pension benefits for prisoners. Yet even here, there was still tremendous support for benefits being denied in some or all circumstances. (You can't make this stuff up)
Ekos Polling conducted a Poll March 31- April 6 with 909 people. It is here.

Additional nugget from Ekos Poll:
The Poll also confirmed the strongest opposition against the military participaction in Afghanistan is in Quebec 62.1% broken down with 62.4 French vs 45.1 English.

The rest of Canada opposition against the military participaction in Afghanistan is at 12.9% lower with Ontario (2nd highest) in comparison.

Were the university professors in Regina contacted for their opinion?

Ignatieff said Quebecers have grown weary of the Bloc’s ‘protest politics,’ and want to build. He said, as a leader, he needs Quebecers to “come down from the grandstands and play on the ice.”-Michael Ignatieff (Regarding Mirabel Airport)

Twenty years ago, governments were prepared to recognize that Quebec constituted a “distinct society” within Canada, notwithstanding that most English-speaking Canadians viewed it as one of 10 equal provinces. But with each new wave of immigration, the conception of Canada as a partnership of English- and French-speaking Canadians has diminished. In B.C., where I live, the view that Cantonese, Punjabi and Mandarin should be equal to French continues to grow. -Norman Spector