The Conservative Party and conservatives generally have been harping on this file to no avail. The Conservatives campaigned on it vigorously during the election campaign of 2004, to a sound mocking and ridiculing by the arrogant liberal-left who laughed-off Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper’s repeated promises of a military re-strengthening.
“No!”, they decried, saying rather that what Canada really needs—on an emergency basis—is gay ‘marriage’!; Relaxed laws so that our nation’s kids can more easily get high on drugs by smoking pot willy-nilly!; More taxpayer-funded abortions!; and of course more and more social programs because we’re not quite exactly like the former (dead, collapsed, defunct) Soviet Union yet!
And so they started working on those things right away.
But will the Liberals listen to a Liberal? Clearly not on the gay ‘marriage’ front, no, but how about on that whole “defending our country” and “peacekeeping” thing? Somehow, I doubt it. But conservatives will keep trying.
OTTAWA (CP) – Canada’s air force is stressed beyond its capability, its equipment and personnel depleted by years of neglect, the Liberal head of the Senate defence committee said Monday as opposition MPs in the Commons hammered the government on defence underfunding.
Senator Colin Kenny urged Ottawa to boost military spending by 30 per cent in its Feb. 23 budget, saying the air force is just one example of a sector-wide problem that could ultimately limit the country’s foreign policy goals.
“We have a really stressed air force that is being asked to do more than it’s capable of doing,” Kenny told the Senate committee on national security and defence.
“If the government isn’t prepared to fund the military so that it’s properly equipped the government’s (foreign policy) goals and options are going to be badly limited in the future.”
His comments came after the head of the air force, Lt.-Gen. Ken Pennie, told the committee that air force resources are “somewhat depleted” after years of downsizing.
“We have half the number of people and half the number of aircraft as we had at the end of the Cold War,” Pennie said.
[…] “The air force faces a sustainability gap in its ability to generate operational capability.”
On Friday, the new chief of defence staff, Gen. Rick Hillier, used his change-of-command ceremony to call on the government to give the military more money in the coming budget.
In the Commons, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said the Liberals have “nearly starved the military to death” in the last 12 years. Hillier’s statement was a “cry for help” after more than a decade of neglect, he said. […]
(my bolding)
PTBC was founded by Mr. Johannesen in 2000.
Contact Mr. Johannesen about this article using this form. Please refer to article's title.
FOLLOW @JoelJohannesen ON X!
- Proud To Be Canadian. But Maybe Not. - Tuesday December 17, 2024 at 2:07 pm
- Say something. - Friday October 25, 2024 at 6:03 pm
- Keep going, or veer right - Monday August 26, 2024 at 4:30 pm
