mackay's very awesome airlift

In early 2013, the Canadian Forces (CF) starting charging municipalities and provinces for help in 'emergencies such as floods and wildfires, according to internal Defence Department documents.'

Red River in Manitoba - troops

Alida, in southeast Saskatchewan - troops

southern Alberta - troops

MacKay’s briefing note says that while the Canadian Forces mandate is to defend Canada and help exercise its sovereignty, assistance in the case of an emergency “should be viewed as a ‘force of last resort,’ to be requested only when all other civilian options and assets have been exhausted.” source

Except for fishing trips. In other news, January 2012, 14-year-old Burton Winters walked 19 kilometres before he froze to death in Newfoundland. It was a search start delay of 36 hours and a full night.

open letter to vic toews

hey, sorry to read about your messy divorce. that must have been a surprise (the baby). sh*t happ--. during the last election, or was it one of the ones before it, i don't recall, after the 4th election in 7 years, there were all kinds of things floating about ignatieff's first marriage and kids, paul martin's alleged mistress, even learned about DND computers antagonizing critics of an untendered F-35 jet purchase and the 'puters' working its Wikipedia article.

cartoon: source
"either stand with us or with the child pornographers"

now, child pornographers lol, which is almost ironic, but i'm not exactly sure of the unfortunate nanny's age or whether the gay bathhouse story is true. not to mention the resurrection of Jack Layton's decades-old massage and i thought on a dying man yet. besides, you haven't even read the whole bill! [Bill C-30, Section 487.0195: warrantless searches, any police officer] that you tabled. i hope you lose your job, mister family values.

minister of public safety. weird eh?

Dear @ToewsVic, there's a cut in my brake lines :( Any idea how it happened? #TellVicEverything