Canada's Coast Guard in Desperate Need

[agentaqua]

http://maritime-executive.com/article/canadas-coast-guard-in-desperate-need

 

[sly_karma]

So where was our military-loving, arctic sovereignty tough guy Stephen Harper when the cheques needed to be written?

 

[agentaqua]

So where was our military-loving, arctic sovereignty tough guy Stephen Harper when the cheques needed to be written?

Getting his photo-op on the CCGS that took him over top of the Erebus: http://www.sportfishingbc.com/forum/index.php?posts/766940/

 

[sly_karma]

Yep. Indulged all his personal and ideological projects but cut funding when he thought no one was looking. We don't need no stinkin' coast guard, we're in Alberta!

 

[agentaqua]

Typical politician - as long as the boat you're on stays floating long enough to get the photo-op - who cares? Good riddance: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-may-have-left-parliament-1.3647633

 

[sly_karma]

In terms of paranoia, control mania and sneakiness, he was the nearest thing to Nixon of any Canadian leader to date. Unfortunately, he didn't have the genius for foreign policy that (somewhat) made up for Nixon's ugly side.