New ships for the Navy

[Donaill]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/...el.html?ref=rss

This is why we need more ships for the Navy, as well as more people. Yeah, I know, both are expensive and it is easier to build the ship than it is to convince Canadians that serving our country is a good thing.

Now I am not expecting an invasion from the north. We need vessels there for sovereignty reasons, security reasons (such as any illegal sort of shipping) and just to say that it is our territory and we can handle what is ours.

[Smallc]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/...el.html?ref=rss

This is why we need more ships for the Navy, as well as more people. Yeah, I know, both are expensive and it is easier to build the ship than it is to convince Canadians that serving our country is a good thing.

Now I am not expecting an invasion from the north. We need vessels there for sovereignty reasons, security reasons (such as any illegal sort of shipping) and just to say that it is our territory and we can handle what is ours.

Umm, its our own ship that passed through. The navy does though, have between 8 and 11 new ships in the works. Between 6 and 8 of then are for the arctic. There is also a new coastguard icebreaker that is bigger than any we have in the works.

[Donaill]

The argument is not about whose ship it was it is about having a presence there in case someone else tries the same thing. That last thing we need is an influx of traffic through the north, for several reasons.

[Smallc]

The argument is not about whose ship it was it is about having a presence there in case someone else tries the same thing. That last thing we need is an influx of traffic through the north, for several reasons.

And so ships are in the works.

[Argus]

And so ships are in the works.

Unless, of course, the new "coallition" government decides to cancel them so they can put more money into arts and culture, as their would-be interim leader stated he would do during the election.

[Smallc]

Unless, of course, the new "coallition" government decides to cancel them so they can put more money into arts and culture, as their would-be interim leader stated he would do during the election.

Maybe they will. If they do, they do.