Merry X-Mas

@GeZe:

well we hear in canada are very happy to be politacly correct!
with a sucky military, econemy, and health care you got to be good at somthing!

military - not so much sucky. We actually spend a fair amount of money on it, just not much relative to our GDP Well trained soldiers, and a decent airforce.
economy - GDP grew 4.1% over the last year with 12 months with increases in productivity in a row. We have the fastest growing economy in the G8, and it is turning into the envy of the United States which is struggling considerably. Sure we have a low dollar, but i think at this point it is unrelated to the economy as it fluctuates irrespective of the markets or national productivity growth.
health care - one of the most expensive in the world (age adjusted relative to GDP) with some of the best health outcomes in the world including around 4-5th highest life span and lowest peri-natal mortality. Check out the OECD webpage in its comparitive health report on Canada.

Best wishes to all.

Good wishes to all, sans those baby-eating communists :)

@cystic:

@GeZe:

well we hear in canada are very happy to be politacly correct!
with a sucky military, econemy, and health care you got to be good at somthing!

military - not so much sucky. We actually spend a fair amount of money on it, just not much relative to our GDP Well trained soldiers, and a decent airforce.
economy - GDP grew 4.1% over the last year with 12 months with increases in productivity in a row. We have the fastest growing economy in the G8, and it is turning into the envy of the United States which is struggling considerably. Sure we have a low dollar, but i think at this point it is unrelated to the economy as it fluctuates irrespective of the markets or national productivity growth.
health care - one of the most expensive in the world (age adjusted relative to GDP) with some of the best health outcomes in the world including around 4-5th highest life span and lowest peri-natal mortality. Check out the OECD webpage in its comparitive health report on Canada.

Decent military? With World War 2 planes you think we have a decent airforce? Spitfires and Landcaster bombers went out with the Cold War. The only thing that Canada has is NORAD.

Well, Norad and around 120 CF-18s (the crown jewel of the USAF) and 18 Auroras (operated with “flying success” in Afghanistan), fully upgraded, expected to be operationally relevant until 2020.
This is not too mention the 6 Buffalos (utility aircraft - SAE), 15 Cormorants (replacing the Sea Kings), 100 Griffon (5 year old utility choppers). The older aircraft (CT133’s - circa 1950, Tutors - 1960) are used for training, and are being phased out. There are dozens of other more current training aircraft, many of which might well be used in combat scenarios (the Hawk, for example).
Our airforce also trains not only Canadians, but airforce pilots from other countries as well. Our aerevac unit trains units from 22 other Nato and allied countries (i’d love to hang out with THOSE medical teams). We’re the second country in the world to fly 3 unmanned aerial vehicals simultaneously (first is the US), Canadians won an international parachuting competition (42 teams in the US - “leapfest”), and in other international competitions (topgun, etc.) our crews are typically amoung the best in the world.
You are right about one thing. We have 1 spitfire - owned by the CEO of Cognos, and flown for pleasure, and i think that we have a rebuilt Lancaster Avro with the heritage museum.

@Yanny:

I believe I commented in a thread about political correctness a while back. Basically, F*** it :)

OMH u cursed yanny u cursed get the forum police!

yanny you should probably make this topic non sicky, its way of topic,and its not christmas anymore

Hey, it’s not really off-topic.
Mr. cystic was just about to tell us how the Canadian Air Force is instrumental in getting Santa Claus around the world right on his schedule, which was set in stone by the revered Aramatheaic Brothers of the Sandflea Orthopraxy way back in 6 B.C.
Halleluyah, you all, and pass the cranberries!