Canada
Canadian sentenced for US stolen valor
Randall J. Montour, a Canadian from Cornwall, ONT has been found guilty of stolen valor in a New York court. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Upstate New York, Randall J. Montour, 45, admitted he altered his discharge papers to say he’d received an honourable discharge from the United States […]
Canada update
Seems PM Trudeau’s “assault weapon” confiscation buyback scheme has hit a few snags. Whoever could have thought anyone would disagree with it? Actually, widespread civil dissent, passive or otherwise, is not the problem – their own government institutions are. In a response to an order paper question filed by Sen. Don Plett in September, Public […]
Canada Clears Diverse Mines in Ukraine
‘No joke’: Ottawa to give Ukraine $4 million to fund gender-inclusive demining The phrase ‘gender-transformative mine action’ proved the biggest stumbling block online, with some on X wondering if landmines themselves had a gender Author of the article: Chris Knight A relatively minor item in an announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office regarding funding for […]
Sad anniversary
This week marks one of the sadder anniversaries in Army history. No, not a major battle, but a reminder that anything to do with war has its risks. Even so-called “peacekeeping”. On December 12, 1985, a DC8 full of 101st soldiers made their second stop of a trip from Cairo to Cologne to Gander, Canada […]
Look at New Zealand’s gun confiscation by a Canadian
The Canadian government announced a ban/buyback on over 1,500 “assault-type weapons”. This is modeled on New Zealand’s ban/buyback (okay, “confiscation” to be accurate.) Here’s a viewpoint from a Canadian writer of what’s up: Like Canada, New Zealand has a substantial number of firearms and firearms owners: 26.3 firearms per 100 persons, compared to Canada’s 34.7. […]
Imported Valor Thieves
Sources show some 700,000 foreign-born veterans- many of whom have become naturalized citizens- live in the U.S. today. Around 45,000 immigrants are currently serving. Over the last century, military service has provided a pathway to American citizenship for nearly a million immigrants. Call me biased; anyone who raises their right hand in defense of this […]
Random Saturday stuff
The Air Force, the Air Force… honestly, I’m not trying to pick on them but they just keep doing things. The latest is that they leaked confidential records of Republican politicians who are former service members: Much of the records appear to have been requested by and turned over to an opposition research firm that […]
Valor Friday
With this week’s announcement that Colonel Paris Davis will receive America’s highest award, the Medal of Honor, for actions almost 60 years ago, I want to take a look at another overlooked man. The US isn’t the only country that denies proper recognition for acts of valor. Canadian veterans have for quite a while now […]
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