Recent content by jimc

Just throwing out a thought so be gentle in the responses  :) Not saying he should, but what if Harper stepped down? . We know from the text of the letters from Dion to the Governor General that the opposition is stating they lost confidence in this new government. If Harper stepped down and...

Back in the late 70's it was the opposite in my house. My dad wanted me to join and I didn't wish to. The thing that sold me was that in Saskatchewan during that time ( For grades 10 -12 ) being a cadet in good standing provided 1 high school credit per year. So that was 3 more High School...

My apologies if I post the link incorrectly - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080807/funeral_protest_080807/20080807?hub=TopStories. If it is posted wrong please correct it for me. In a nut shell the order has been given to deny them entry into Canada. Thank God.

The 1986 movie Little Shop of Horrors.  Based on it's star studded cast I got dragged out to see it. By the half way point of the movie when we walked out there couldn't have been more then 1/2 of the folks the movie started with.

Just to correct the plan is "Canada First Defense strategy. ( Canada vs Canada's )  And I have to agree with Old Sweat that 1.5 Billion each year over a 20 year period ( or what ever formula is used to arrive at 30 Billion over 20 years ) is not enough. I would prefer the 30 Billion being over a...

ebay normal has 4-10 items up. http://search.ebay.ca/south-saskatchewan-regiment_W0QQfcdZ2QQfclZ3QQfnuZ1QQsascsZ0 http://cgi.ebay.ca/South-Saskatchewan-Regiment-QC-Cap-Badge-Canada_W0QQitemZ6637483124QQihZ012QQcategoryZ25552QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem Both of those higher in price...

most unions in my opinion ( the provincial or federal leadership  that is ) spend so much time on social issues to mask their inability and lack of work on defending contract rights for their workers.  Stopping the spending is not easy. Barring getting resolutions passed stating that union...

  Few union members support the CLC position on Afghanistan. I just wish the news media would separate union from its members when talk about supporting this kind of nonsense. There are a lot of former CF working in the public service and this is one of the topics that they would never actually...

Lately have only run across a few folks from the early 90's that would have been in the Cpl and below crowd from back then, but there are faces that are familiar you bump into often.