![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyWhat did Stephen Harper do this time?
a) Admit that he believed in evolution.
b) Pledge a full military presence in Canadian cities.
c) Eat a kitten during the live televised debate.
It's actually both a) and b), although the evolution thing was probably accidental. Alas, if this creepy son-of-a-bitch becomes PM, get ready for a load of police-state fun!
As far as I can tell, he has so far restricted his kitten-eating to private venues. Look for that to change if he wins, too.
EDIT: OMG! Rick Mercer did a spoof ad for CPC-ML! Go here, then click on the Communist Party graphic for comedy gold.
a) Admit that he believed in evolution.
b) Pledge a full military presence in Canadian cities.
c) Eat a kitten during the live televised debate.
It's actually both a) and b), although the evolution thing was probably accidental. Alas, if this creepy son-of-a-bitch becomes PM, get ready for a load of police-state fun!
As far as I can tell, he has so far restricted his kitten-eating to private venues. Look for that to change if he wins, too.
EDIT: OMG! Rick Mercer did a spoof ad for CPC-ML! Go here, then click on the Communist Party graphic for comedy gold.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 07:22 pm (UTC)Of course, if the Conservatives win and use the entire Canadian military to occupy Toronto, maybe the Haïtians can catch a break.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 07:42 pm (UTC)I didn't know you guy were in on the occupation of Haiti, either.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 07:45 pm (UTC)Ain't Lula grand?
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:02 pm (UTC)Canada's done its share of nasty things; we're just not as obvious about it. The bullets that Americans are using to shoot Iraqis come from here.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:19 pm (UTC)Operation HALO, which saw about 500 Canadian soldiers and six helicopters sent to Haiti, lasted from March to August 2004. They probably found someplace nastier to send them.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 09:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 09:09 pm (UTC)I missed a bunch of things. That's just off the top of my head.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 11:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 02:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:15 pm (UTC)He mentioned "territorial battalions made up of 100 regular troops and 400 or more reservists" to be stationed in Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, etc.. There are already hundreds of militia in all of these cities, in organized units that have been there for more than 150 years in some cases. Each unit has numbers of full-time Regular Force support staff, and most militia units have a notional place in the Army's structure of regional brigades (for example, the Loyal Edmonton Regiment is the "fourth" battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI)). So this is not so much a redeployment as a reorganization.
"Harper also announced he would [snip] restore a regular army presence in British Columbia with a new rapid reaction army battalion of 650 regular force personnel."
The Third Battalion of the PPCLI was deployed in Victoria until the mid 90s. First it was made a reserve unit, moved to Chilliwack, then it was reactivated to a Regular Force unit and placed in Edmonton.
So it's really just going full circle, and it's not meant to signal the start of a domestic occupation. Remember that Metro Toronto has more beat cops than Canada has infantry soldiers, and it's likely to stay that way for a long time, no matter how much $$$ Harper wants to put into the military.
I still want to see him eat a kitten, though.
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:29 pm (UTC)http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/lounge/2456/wavs/getinmybelly.wav
no subject
Date: 2006-01-12 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 12:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 12:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-16 03:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 02:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-16 03:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 02:50 am (UTC)see icon!!
(kinda clipped because I don't have photoshop but rather some crappy knockoff.)
no subject
Date: 2006-01-16 03:09 am (UTC)he's just that evil
Date: 2006-01-16 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-13 04:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-16 03:10 am (UTC)