Why are we sending the youth of forty Prince George families overseas? How about using our armed forces to protect Canadian territory rather than playing Cold War games or fighting an Afghan war sponsored by a discredited American former president?

SummerSoul got it right, keep the Troops Home.

So we stay behind our borders and wait for them to come to us, ya smart. We are over there to hopefully prevent organizations like the taliban from attacking us here. I guess we should have waited for the Japanese and Germans to come to us.

Whether you believe in having Canadian troops in Afghanistan or not, and I do not, it is appalling to see that communities actually have to provide services to families for the types of things that are listed. Those services are required because of the nature of the job. If the military is not providing for those services then it is about time they did.

Moral support is one thing, and we should provide that at every opportunity. But services support, that is the role of the military and our government should be ashamed to represent us, the citizens of this country in that way!!

"hopefully"????

I understand that when one goes into a military operation one does not "hope". One has a goal and carries it out to success.

If you rely on "hope" you are defeated from day one. Time to come home and regroup till you know you are going to succeed.

right on gus. I would think that the military should be looking after their own and their families.

FYI. In 2009 the Mainland BC Military Family Resource Centre Society had revenue of $595,542, almost all from the federal and provincial governments. Total expenditure on compensation was $335,359.

This info is from the CRA's website on charities:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/charities/

"hopefully prevent organizations like the taliban from attacking us here"

I don't remember ever reading, hearing, or seeing of such an event in Canada. Of course we are infidels just as the USA is, but it is the USA that is specifically named and targeted. If I remember correctly, the last country to attack Canada was the USA, and we soundly routed them. Since then Canada has been primarily in a peace keeping role.

Of course if GWB had not gone and stirred up that hornets nest in the middle east, Canadian troops would not have to be fulfilling our commitments to the UN.

"the last country to attack Canada was the USA, and we soundly routed them."

LOL .... yes, and I am sure we would do it again ...... 1 of us to 10 of them seems like a reasonable match as long as we have French Canadjuns fightin' for us. :-)

Loki lets pull the blanket over our heads and hope the boogie man don't come.

Seamutt ...
I think Russians, Chinese, Iranians, etc. are more likely to compromise the sovereignty of Canada given the opportunity and world situation as it may unfold sometime down the road.

We do not deal with that possibility by invading those countries.

Cold war

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