Wouldn't it be great if Canada's fighter planes -- the CF-18 -- could be deployed to Afghanistan where they might be able to play a supporting role to the 2,500-odd Canadian troops there? You're right, it would. But, sadly, Canada's CF-18s are shut out of any theatre of war where ... more »
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Tuesday, September 11
Canada's useless fighter jets
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 11 Sep 2007 11:49 PM EDT
Wouldn't it be great if Canada's fighter planes -- the CF-18 -- could be deployed to Afghanistan where they might be able to play a supporting role to the 2,500-odd Canadian troops there? You're right, it would. But, sadly, Canada's CF-18s are shut out of any theatre of war where ... more »
Mercer and Paris
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 11 Sep 2007 10:34 PM EDT
Rarin' to go in Roberval
by
DavidAkin
on Tue 11 Sep 2007 08:14 PM EDT
Elections Canada has just published the preliminary estimates of voter turnout in advance polls for the three by-elections in Quebec.
Voting day is next Monday in Outremont. St. Hyacinthe-Bagot, and Roberval-Lac St. Jean. In Roberval -- a riding where the Bloc Quebecois is playing defence -- nearly 4,000 people have ... more » |
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