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Forum: Quebec Topic: Separat...........ism |
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 4:51 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= michou] Stymiest, speaking of education and knowledge about Québec :<br /> <br /> Robert Lepage, Michel Tremblay, Luc Plamondon, Robert Charlebois, Diane Dufresne, Paul Piché, Michel Pagliaro, Gilles Maheu, Édouard Lock, Fred Fortin, Louis-Dominique Lavigne, Dominique Champagn... |
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Forum: Quebec Topic: Separat...........ism |
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:57 am
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| [QUOTE BY= Perturbed] [QUOTE BY= Stymiest] The Bloc at the federal level isn't so much about separatism anymore as it is for simply giving French Canadians (Quebecers to be more specific) a voice at the federal political level. A great idea and one which has paid big dividends for them. From my poin... |
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Forum: Quebec Topic: Separat...........ism |
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 9:45 am
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| The Bloc at the federal level isn't so much about separatism anymore as it is for simply giving French Canadians (Quebecers to be more specific) a voice at the federal political level. A great idea and one which has paid big dividends for them. From my point of view the whole idea of separatism is a... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Army Reserve Physical Test |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:55 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= cmab] I was wondering what does the physical test, to join the army reserve, consist of?[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> Just remember Cmab do exactly what the medic tells you <img align=absmiddle src='images/smilies/smile.gif' alt='Smile'> He will say specifically don't put checks... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Army Reserve Physical Test |
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 6:53 pm
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| thx ladies and gents<br /> <br /> I haven't posted on here for awhile but thought I would check again to see whats going on. Over the past year I have slowly been shifting my positions on many issues in Canadian politics. I decided to take a look at some of the ideas of members here and ... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Army Reserve Physical Test |
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 5:14 pm
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| ehm your supposed to be able to run 2.4km in 12 min<br /> do 19 push ups<br /> 21 situps<br /> <br /> something like that<br /> <br /> really though they will take anyone whether you meet these standards or not. I don't even think they give a physical now you just... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Canada's military mistake |
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:27 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= Marcarc] Read some history, don't rely on things other people told here, here is the quote I posted on the other thread from the history journal:<br /> <br /> The Nazis could have eventually have conquered Switzerland, but at a fearful price. The Wehrmacht expected 200,000 Ger... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Canada's military mistake |
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:05 pm
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| Germany didn;t invade switzerland because it wasn't tactically necessary. Germany had switzerland surrounded and could basically do as it pleased so why get caught up in a protracted guerilla war in the middle of the swiss alps when you can basically make it a no factor anyways. Germany didn't have ... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Canada's military mistake |
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:55 pm
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| why in the hell would you ever want conscription?????? Conscripts are poor soldiers and are a poor substitute for professional soldiers. Why would the government waste billions of dollars on conscripts anyways when they could up the number of "Professional" soldiers and give our amry new equipment &... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: IMO LOL TTYL |
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:21 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= z_whalen] I think a lot of these so-called "activists" are the ones that are really being pompus. They assume if they have not met you at one of their little sign-waving events, you have done nothing. Some like to think civil disobedience is the epitamy of democratic action, and that you ... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Uniforms? |
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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2004 2:20 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= robert_fisher] [QUOTE BY= Stymiest] lol but hey its politics lol[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />It doesn't have to be! Isn't that the point of a website like this? To make change so that the most important issues aren't strippers and belts? <br /> <br />I would like to think... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Uniforms? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:10 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= Reverend Blair] The complete uniform that went missing was apparently lost in a house fire. <br /> <br />Between this and "strippergate" Stevie Harper and his Reform/Alliance/Conservatives are looking less and less like a government in waiting and more and more like a regional... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Is our Navy ignoring its first priority: Canada's defense? |
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:09 am
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| [QUOTE BY= Dr Caleb] [QUOTE BY= z_whalen]This is my question: how can we get Canadians interested in their military?[/QUOTE] <br /> <br />They need to know what is being done in their name. One thing about the US, they idolize their military. Recruiters are everywhere, and people's attit... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Is our Navy ignoring its first priority: Canada's defense? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 5:24 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= Dr Caleb] [QUOTE BY= Stymiest] Yes Canadian soldiers did commit a huge offense there and it was not a very good for the armed forces appeal at home and i think it hurt the credibility of the military a lot. The regiment sent over to Somalia was the NATO rapid reaction force also known as ... |
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Forum: Security, Defence, Military Topic: Is our Navy ignoring its first priority: Canada's defense? |
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:37 pm
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| [QUOTE BY= Kory Yamashita] Actually, I was loosely referring to my first memory of what the armed forces are - a news broadcast about Canadian soldiers abusing the people they were there to help. I don't even know which conflict it was from. I believe it was Somalia, but I'm not sure - I just rememb... |
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