[kipperfan]

This is all a moot point, fact is, unless the Americans decide to come up north and attack(like we could stop em anyway!) Canada's military will NEVER be needed again. Unless you think we need those troops in Afghanistan?? I have no problem with sending peacekeepers, and cooperating with UN proposals, but for what possible reason do we need to pour tax payer money into military??

As it is, it looks like we are going to join hands with the Americans on the missile defence program, and if for some obscure reason a nation attacked Canada from the ground, the Americans would be here in minutes.

In this day in age, I want my money going to the education of our childern, the health of our citizens and social programs that help struggling candians. To spend billions of our money just to parade around a toy army is an exercise in futility.