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Hi J82901, Just send me your email address, and I'll tell you
everything you'd want to know about Victorian British Army
reenacting, or any Victorian Army for that matter. Thanks for
your interest! -Bob
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Gracie, Oh, I was referring to your former big mouthed prime
minister from Quebec. I gather you are Canadian then? From
which province? My Mother's family is from Chatham, New Bruns
wick. -Bob
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Yes I am Canadian, and from Ontario.
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Hi Tommy, Say, what are these books you speak of? As far as
I'm aware, Trudeau started taking the army apart and Cretien
(sp?) finished it off. Mulrooney never did anything detriment-
al that I recall. -Bob
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Oh yeah, I know, they're my cousins  . -Bob
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One was While Canada Slept: How Canada lost its place in the World by Aandrew Cohen. I believe he is a writer for the Toronto Globe & Mail. It is a good book. Apprently even through the 1980's under Mulroney the budget was slashed for defence. It was accelerated when Chretien took office and completely gutted the military. The book doe snot only focus on defence it also focuses of Canadian foreign policy and trade.
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Hey Tommy,
I always have a little chuckle when I read your posts because you always seem to try to get a little of everything in... Like, "Canada is bad at this... but I love Canada!"
Maybe it's 'cause you are married to one of fine ladies now that you have to add in the last bit, but it always gives me a giggle. It sometimes sounds like, "Canada sucks, but I still like it!" 
To be honest, I am dealing with a personal issue that has raised questions that make me go a little deeper on an ideological sense, but as far as whether or not Canada has a good army or good foreign policy about armed conflict? Meh. I have enough on my plate at the moment, I'll leave that to everyone else. 
Steph
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YEah what you're dealing with is a bigger problem. You can ask Tina, I make comments about NY and the States in the same manner. I complain about how bad NY drivers are, how much it costs to live here, how much taxes in taxes I pay, how the presisdent and Congress can gove two craps about the middle class etc. So you see, it is not just Canada I say stuff about!!!  I criticize a lot but I still like it here. Same way about Canada. No place is perfect. Despite each countries faults, I much rather be in either Canada or the U.S. than any other place in the world.
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UPDATE # 2
#259925 - 04/24/06 04:13 PM
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So we got a letter today from the other police force he was applying to. I saw it sitting there, and I just assumed it was bad news. That's just our luck, it seems.
Yesterday, for example, we went to look at a place to live and it was so so nice. They had vacancies, it was a co-op so much cheaper... we were pretty much in, and then we weren't. Our dog is 10 lbs too big. No negotiating. No considersation.
So I opened the letter, and it was indeed bad news. It was a generic letter saying he did not meet either the standards, requirements or his application was incomplete.
I've only talked to him over the phone, but I am just dreading what is to come now. He already walks around here like the world is ending. It's not good.
Steph
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