We made somebody a major-general and now he's proposing to have armed US troops permitted north of the freakin border?? .... i say bust this Cameron Ross back to latrine attendant, just for thinking about it ... he was on cbc radio a while ago, mumbling a bunch of horseshit about how what if we had an earthquake in Vancouver, wouldn't we admit a company or two of US army engineers in to help out .... well like duh sure, at the same time they can leave anything resembling a weapon on their own bloody side ... you don't need any backroom deal for anything like this, if they had an earthquake in Seattle you know for damn sure there'd be british columbians there helping in a minute, the border wouldn't hold them up because, duh, they wouldn't be going with tanks and machine-guns
We decided all this in 1812 - It's our country, period.
' Ottawa may allow U.S. troops to operate in Canada
Last Updated Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:23:14
OTTAWA - The federal government is negotiating to
allow U.S. soldiers to operate in Canada in the event
of a terrorist attack.
INDEPTH: Target Terrorism
The proposed deal would
only allow U.S. troops into
Canada if both
governments agree, says
Major-General Cam Ross,
director general of
international security
policy for the Department
of National Defence.
Moreover, any U.S. soldiers in Canada would be under
Canadian command, said Ross, who's negotiating the
accord on Canada's behalf with the U.S. Defense
Department.
The department says under existing deals, U.S.
military aircraft can already cross the border if Canada
gives its permission.
FROM APRIL 17, 2002: U.S. to create North
American command zone
The agreement being discussed now would also cover
tanks and troops.
Lloyd Axworthy, the former
federal minister of foreign
affairs, said the deal raises
issues of sovereignty,
limits Ottawa's options and
may embroil Canadian
forces in operations that
are not in Canada's best
interests.
But the Defence Department said Parliament will have
to approve or reject the agreement.
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