Harper & Bush Talk Security, SCOC & Mi'kmaq-Crown Land, Canadians to Kandahar

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Fiscal infidelity -- Failure to back his own party reveals Martin's true motives Paul Jackson, Calgary Sun, July 19, 05

A shipping tycoon purportedly worth $200 million donates $13,000 to the political party he supposedly loves, while another fellow, without much of a bank account, living in a modest home, and trying to raise a family, donates $17,000 to support his political allegiance. [. . . . ]

Being admitted into the Liberal hierarchy, I suspect, involves [. . . . ]

The details, the details . . . and mention of religion in politics.




Harper talks security with Bush -- "Harper, in Washington to attend a two-day meeting of the International Democratic Union, an umbrella group for conservative parties, was pitching his party's plan to have Canada play a stronger role in the war on terrorism." Beth Gorham, July 20, 05



SCOC: "Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick need permits if they want to cut down trees on Crown land for commercial gain."

SC rejects native logging rights -- but it is too little, too late. Think sub-surface rights, lobster & fishing rights, Canadians' guilt geld forever -- not a recipe for harmony -- we're still waiting for them to become Canadians like the rest of us.

Search Google for "oil and gas" , natives , ownership , resources



Someone suggested that after hiding behind anti-Americanism and France's disengagement ( think oil $$$), Paul Martin is trying to gain some rather late international street cred in Kandahar -- at the expense of the 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group -- How is their equipment?

Most are from 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, mainly members of Edmonton Garrison's 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, 3 Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and 1 Service Battalion. Another 50 soldiers from other Canadian bases will provide specialized skills such as satellite communications.
In Kandahar, the southern Afghan region that was once a stronghold of the Taliban, the troops' mission will be to provide security for the provincial reconstruction team.

Troops will work alongside representatives of the Canadian International Development Agency, Foreign Affairs Canada, the RCMP and non-governmental organizations.

Compare the military salaries to those of the ones with CIDA and Foreign Affairs.

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