Meanwhile, in Canada
Jul. 30th, 2010 07:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleSome of you USians don't realize that here in Canada we have a Conservative government. They are somewhat held in check by being a minority government, but they really really *want* to govern in Republican (US version) style.
Recently, they spent a lot of money on security at the G20 conferences, and then justified it by arresting almost a 1,000 people. Not protesters, just anyone who happened to be outside that day. They let the Black Bloc protesters burn cars to "justify" the tactics, and then arrested people.
No charges, for the most part, though. They let people out before they could. And now it seems that since people have been upset to find out the police claimed secret new powers during the event, the police are simply pretending that never happened.
But we are defending ourselves from the Russians!
The government is also trying to buy $9-billion dollars worth of F-35 Lightning joint strike fighters. (This is the same plane that will become the only plane the US uses over the next few years, although in the US there is still a fight over which engine to use.) This purchase by Canada was made in a no-bid scenario and has received a lot of criticism. So the government is pointing to a flight by Russian bombers built in 1955 to show that we must spend this money to defend our claim to the North Pole.
Canada is also being infiltrated by foreign governments who are wooing MP's with extravagant gifts, beautiful young women and too-good-to-be-true business deals
That is probably why we need to be in Afghanistan and revoke the mandatory long form census.
Recently, they spent a lot of money on security at the G20 conferences, and then justified it by arresting almost a 1,000 people. Not protesters, just anyone who happened to be outside that day. They let the Black Bloc protesters burn cars to "justify" the tactics, and then arrested people.
No charges, for the most part, though. They let people out before they could. And now it seems that since people have been upset to find out the police claimed secret new powers during the event, the police are simply pretending that never happened.
But we are defending ourselves from the Russians!
The government is also trying to buy $9-billion dollars worth of F-35 Lightning joint strike fighters. (This is the same plane that will become the only plane the US uses over the next few years, although in the US there is still a fight over which engine to use.) This purchase by Canada was made in a no-bid scenario and has received a lot of criticism. So the government is pointing to a flight by Russian bombers built in 1955 to show that we must spend this money to defend our claim to the North Pole.
Canada is also being infiltrated by foreign governments who are wooing MP's with extravagant gifts, beautiful young women and too-good-to-be-true business deals
That is probably why we need to be in Afghanistan and revoke the mandatory long form census.
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Date: 2010-07-31 06:52 am (UTC)Unfortunately we have no stronger alternatives right now.