Couldn't let this day pass without saying something.
November 11 is the day that we remember the vetrans that fought and died throughout the wars since WWI.  This year is particularly special since it will be the first time that vets from WWI weren't in attendance at the main Canadian ceremony in Ottawa at the War Memorial.  There are only five left, and all too sickly to have come.
In the meantime, someone thought it would be a nice idea to shack up the visiting WWII veterans in condemned military housing.  For some reason they thought the vets would appreciate being reminded of the conditions that they lived in when they were fighting.  Brilliant.
Kind of reminds me of when Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's medals were coming up for auction.  He's the military doctor who wrote the poem 'In Flanders Fields', probably one of the most famous poems today.  The Federal government not only refused to buy the medals to keep them in Canada, but when a philanthropist bought the medals and donated them to a museum, the Federal Government demanded that he pay full GST.  The Provincial Government at the time, under Mike Harris, waved the PST on them as a gesture of respect.
But that's only a couple of examples of the dishonour that the Federal Government has shown our fighting men and women.  I could list the ailing copters that have taken lives, the slashing in funds, the lack of armoured vehicles in hostile areas, the lack as basic equipment and clothing, and on and on and on...
Needless to say, the Liberals will never show the proper respect to the men and women who have put their lives on the line in the name of duty.  Maybe it's about time we sent some the politicians to the front lines to do the dirty work.