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Canada has had females in all the combat arms trades for dozens of years now. Yes the Canadian Armed Forces has lowered all the standards to accommodate this political decision to open up all trades across the entire spectrum of Army , Navy, Air force with exception of service in Subs, I am not sure at this time if that is still the case.. I have served with female Infanteers, and other trades as well both in the ranks, or as officers and have not found one that i would not trust my life to, or go into battle with . Those that are not fit have been weeded out long ago, same as their male counter parts, everyone has proved their worth in training on many occasions before going into combat.... you bring up many valid points about strength, endurance, or the ability to defend themselves, and while they are not all created equal, in the physical being , you place a C-7 rifle in their hands, give them the training they require to defend themselves and you have a soldier, not just any soldier, but one that has had to prove herself or himself over and over again to ensure her or his comrades they belong there, that they have earned the right to fight with and beside any other Canadian soldier. I've seen 120 lb female medic throw a 220 lb infanteer over her should and run down an ally under fire. and while i have not served under a female infantry officer , i have had good friends comment on some of the female officers in the CAF and said they performed better than any male officer they have served under and would do it again. Do i think the standards are to low , yes i do, .....I also think that over time anyone can achieve any standard, if you have the will and drive..... while females are not known for being great on the physical side, there are a lot that have gone farther than their male counter parts of the same stature. everyone brings something to the table, it is a platoon commanders role to bring that out and to use that ability for the greater good of the platoon. Remember in todays modern combat , everything is not as physical as it once was, a lot more mechanization, such as hybred suits or attachment braces that allow persons to carry heavy loads, improved rucksacks the list is endless.....everyday the physical barriers get less and less.

Everyone is a dead beat when compared to the US military budget......Canada is a dead beat because most Canadians are to cheap to invest on our own defense, and would rather ride our allies coat tails...we are a nation of talkers we love to debate the shit out of something....all day and all night....and when their is nothing more to debate, we change the rules and debate it some more....can't even get a pipe line across 2 provinces...maybe we need a PM with balls, instead of one that likes to get dressed up.....

That cost me a seven- or thirty- day suspension when someone ratted me out.

Of course, this isn't news to the Indigenous Mayan people, but researchers think they've "found" something: Huge Mayan city with pyramids found hidden under jungle High-tech mapping suggests 10 million people may have lived within the Maya Lowlands http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/mayan-pyramids-1.4519863 Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defence works and pyramids in the dense jungle of Guatemala's Peten region, suggesting that millions more people lived there than previously thought. The discoveries, which included industrial-sized agricultural fields and irrigation canals, were announced Thursday by an alliance of U.S., European and Guatemalan archaeologists working with Guatemala's Mayan Heritage and Nature Foundation. ... And the extensive defensive fences, ditch-and-rampart systems and irrigation canals suggest a highly organized workforce. "There's state involvement here, because we see large canals being dug that are re-directing natural water flows," said Thomas Garrison, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ithaca College in New York. The 2,100 square kilometres (810 square miles) of mapping done vastly expands the area that was [previously known to be] intensively occupied by the Maya, whose culture flourished between roughly 1,000 BC and 900 AD. Their descendants still live in the region. Ancient Indigenous cosmopolitan cities of North America. Not 'nomads', not wandering 'hunter-gatherers', but sophisticated agricultural, technological, cultural societies and cities of millions of people. Fascinating!

I prefer if the US/NATO just simply gets out of Syria. It was never our problem to begin with. In the end this is about the movement of resources through Syria. This is not about the people or chemical weapons, or even Assad. It's about the conduit if resources that will flow through it. Very very similar to what happened to Afghanistan. Why would the US not wait for confirmation of the alleged chemical weapon use before they start the bombing? That seems like counter to what the US was all about. Land of the free and innocent until proven guilty. That notion no longer exists from what I can tell. IF Russia decides to retaliate against the US, I would not be surprised, nor upset by it. Let me explain before you go off on me. If a nation attacks the UK or France or any NATO member then you can be sure the US would come to their defense and bomb who ever did the attack. You can expect the same from Russia defending her allies. Russia has every right to retaliate against the USA when it comes to Syria. It's been documented here over the years that the US has been actively attacking Syria via special forces on the ground since day 1. Also while assisting terrorists .. sorry let me correct myself 'rebels', and giving them a place to operate out of, just inside of the Turkish border. The US has taken the stance of preemptive war. Which has drastically changed from the classic approach of 'non-interventionism'. But that has not been the case since the end of the 2nd world war. The US is has been in preemptive mode for decades. Let's not again, that each time that the US has claimed that Syria used chemical weapons, the claim has not been proven and everything deemed inconclusive or outright wrong. Let's just say I don't trust that the alleged information about the chemical attacks by the Syrian army is credible in any shape or form.

Exactly, let them pay their own way.. meanwhile, the media is right on it as it like like the Liberals have dredged up this 2013 Globe and Mail story now that the Ford campaign bus is on the road. IMO we should be more concerned about Liberal political corruption and malfeasance today, than what Ford, who has never been charged with anything, allegedly did starting at age 15, 39 years ago: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/globe-investigation-the-ford-familys-history-with-drug-dealing/article12153014/Glob/

Ah so the US only picks on nations that are weaker and of no threat.

So are the Saudi's, but again, free pass for some butchers and mass murderers.

The idiots are essentially brain dead. It is not as if everyone is going to stop driving their cars, buying things made of plastic, flying airplanes, paving roads, etc. So, the oil is going to be shipped, somewhere. Instead of using pipelines with fantastic safety records, the oil will get tidewater in rail cars - a shipping method with a horrible statistical safety record.

True. Some people like Hardner think CNN, the Toronto Star and CBC, among others are the only beacons of truth. Sad, in my opinion, and that's why the brainwashed masses are easy prey.