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  1. Joe Blow

    Feb long weekend for Ont.

    Won't complain about a holiday ...but "family day"?  I like family as much as the next guy.  Mine in particular.  :) ...but what's wrong with "John Graves Simcoe Day" ...or better yet "Sir Issac Brock Day"!?
  2. Joe Blow

    Forum francais mort ?

    Bon question.  J'ai besoin de la pratique!  :crybaby:
  3. Joe Blow

    Common Army Phase

    There are some great threads about CAP here.  I'd like to revive this one with a quick question. We are currently wondering about moving the whole fam-damily out to New Brunswick when I hit CAP.  I am wondering about: CAP length (I heard they were shortening it due to the changes in BOTC)...
  4. Joe Blow

    Things people have yelled at you in the street (in uniform)...

    ...or otherwise said to you. I thought this might be a fun one.  I've been posted in an urban setting for no more than two weeks and already: someone has yelled at me, in essence calling me a terrorist ...it was a quick but very public episode. fawned over me and told me they were proud of...
  5. Joe Blow

    I love Engrish

    Tee hee... Syrup.  ;D
  6. Joe Blow

    Enhanced Reliability Check (ERC) - Merged

    Hi There - I thought I'd revive this thread to get some input.  You see, I did not use any of the (very sensible) tricks listed above, and instead have tried to rely on brain power and scattered records alone. I'm beginning to realize that I do not have all of the employment history info that...
  7. Joe Blow

    Enhanced Reliability Check (ERC) - Merged

    I found an answer to my second question so I thought I'd post it in case anyone was curious.  It turns out that in order for anyone (incl. gov. agencies.)  to access your provincially held medical files, express permission must be given by you in writing. (At least in my province.) ...
  8. Joe Blow

    Enhanced Reliability Check (ERC) - Merged

    Thanks for the word Sig_Des.  (For the record, I will not show as related in any way to this person's malfeasance.) I will try to reach my Unit Security Supervisor.  (Since I am awaiting my course at St. Jean I presume 'my unit' is my recruiting centre.) Additionally (with relation to this same...
  9. Joe Blow

    Enhanced Reliability Check (ERC) - Merged

    Hi folks - I thought I resurrect this thread rather than start a new one... http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/en/priorities/security_screening.asp Lord only knows what the 'CSIS databanks' constitute, so here's a question for anyone in the know:  Would an immediate relative's serious drug and...
  10. Joe Blow

    Future Canadian Airborne Capability and Organisation! Or, is it Redundant? (a merged thread)

    Yes.  Thanks.  That's what I was curious about.  What the advantages of having one parachute battalion/regiment would be over the having the companies dispersed as they are.  If they are better off consolidated would this leave the present light infantry battalions impoverished?  ...and is there...
  11. Joe Blow

    Fed up with our boring election? Which IRAQI political party would you vote for?

    I came out as: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)  88% Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) 56% Islamic Virtue Party (Fadhila) 40% Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) 40% Islamic Dawa Party (IDP)  40% Iraqi National Accord (INA) 40% Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) 36% Iraqi Turkman...
  12. Joe Blow

    Future Canadian Airborne Capability and Organisation! Or, is it Redundant? (a merged thread)

    Thanks for the help MCG.  (Clearly I need some education about the proper organization of a regiment.) As regards my question about the advantage of amalgamating the jump companies over the status quo ..and the wider implications for the army of having a CSOR and an Airborne Regiment  ..well...
  13. Joe Blow

    Defence Policy in the 2006 General Election

    Oh yeah: "Parachute Companies"  OK, that's embarrassing.  Thanks for the clear up and the link.
  14. Joe Blow

    The Capital Punishment Debate

    OK, I'm honestly conflicted about the issue but I'll take a stab at that.  I think the basic idea (emotion?) is that all life is beautiful and all death is heinous.  I don't mean to be glib or poetic.  I just think that an argument against capital punishment comes down to that basic sentiment...
  15. Joe Blow

    Defence Policy in the 2006 General Election

    I like what I heard tonight but was really curious about that point.  What does this promise mean for the army exactly?  I understand the CSOR will be a company from 3 RCR to begin with and will 'grow with the army' from there.  Would the new Airborne Regiment just be an amalgamation of the the...
  16. Joe Blow

    How Will You Vote

    I can't add too much to armymedic's inspired reply, but I wanted to toss this out: Well the Conservative candidate in my riding is a Rhodes scholar with degrees from Oxford and Princeton (..and if that's not enough, he used to play for the Ottawa Roughriders.) Also: Umm.. doesn't that make...
  17. Joe Blow

    How Will You Vote

    I think you're completely spot on there.  My fear though, is that (..and maybe we're getting into 'strategic voting' here) if the Conservatives don't get a plurality that outnumbers the Libs and NDP combined those two may be able to hash something out, visit the GG and tell her they can make a...
  18. Joe Blow

    How Will You Vote

    Recently we had 12 years of Liberal government (with a brief punctuation by Joe Clark), then 10 years of PC government then 12 more of Liberal gov. which brings us to this election. Additionally, although I grant that lots of us may be especially willing to buy into criticisms of the government...
  19. Joe Blow

    How Will You Vote

    Well.. they do have a platform.  Saying they don't doesn't make it otherwise.  ...and the Liberals are bad.. "yea" (..as you say)  They stole tax money to fund their campaigns.  They used the power of government to subvert the electoral process.  That's pretty %$#&ing bad in my book. Without...
  20. Joe Blow

    How Will You Vote

    re the GST: Yeah.. sure from a productivity standpoint reducing income taxes (edit: ..and eliminating the capital gains tax..and reducing coporate taxes) would be a better move.  From a retail standpoint reducing the GST will certainly not hurt.  Additionally, the Tories hint that there is more...
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