Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

Posted on Wednesday, November 22 at 14:03 by eugene
And in Blogging Tory land does the NDP get kudos for their efforts? Nope they still slander Layton calloing him Taliban Jack and whine that the NDP stole the thunder from the Dominion Institute. Or they ignore who made the motion in the house, and they ignore the Conservatives continued reluctance over this issue. Some folks can never just say job well done. "The Dominion Institute first floated the idea of a state funeral for the last surviving First World War veteran, and the idea quickly gained ground through online petitions. As of today, 89,500 people had put their names on the petition. The institute had planned on forwarding the petition to the Prime Minister’s Office on Dec. 11. “Canada’s veterans are our greatest heroes and our country’s greatest volunteers. Offering a state funeral for the last Canadian veteran of the First World War is a fitting and symbolic tribute to recognize the great personal sacrifices of those who have served and who are currently serving our country,” Stoffer said in a statement." http://plawiuk.blogspot.com/2006/11/giving-credit-where-credit-is-due.html

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  1. by RPW
    Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:56 pm
    Good cmments here:<br />
    <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Life/2006/11/13/Veterans/">http://thetyee.ca/Life/2006/11/13/Veterans/</a><p>---<br>Imagine there's no Heaven <br />
    It's easy if you try <br />
    No hell below us <br />
    Above us only sky <br />
    Imagine all the people <br />
    Living for today <br />

  2. by avatar Jacob
    Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:59 pm
    I think there is a precedent here. There was no State Funeral for the last survivor (on both sides) of the Boer War when he died in the mid-1990's in Langley BC. I think his name was George Royce, he had been born in Montreal and he was 111 years old when he died.

    I also believe it is entirely unnecessary, period.

  3. Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:13 pm
    While this has nothing to do with veterans, years ago the NDP also made a motion, supported by the Liberals and then Finance Minister Paul Martin, for the Tobin tax, a fractional tax on the daily, huge profits made on the money markets.

    Although it was voted in, nothing happened. The governments of the day often pass motions, just to bury them .

    I don't think, a dead veteran would give a hoot about having a state funeral. Governments treat soldiers like dirt when they're alive and sent to die, and later when they suffer the consequences, sometimes for the rest of their lives.

    Ed Deak.

    Ed Deak.

  4. by RPW
    Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:20 am
    <blockquote> Although it was voted in, nothing happened. </blockquote> Governments, especially Canadian governments (and the only one with which I am at all familiar) do their "best work" in the dark, behind closed doors. The one thing that rings true for all of Canada's federal governments, is, if they present something in the light of day, it becomes a straw man.<p>---<br>Imagine there's no Heaven <br />
    It's easy if you try <br />
    No hell below us <br />
    Above us only sky <br />
    Imagine all the people <br />
    Living for today <br />

  5. Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:29 am
    I have to agree with you Ed. During my time in the forces, we were treated like scum by the public as well. Why all of a sudden do we honor the troops? Could it be that once again the troops are being sent to do a useless and stupid task. Even when the Canadian armed forces did do that, that was acceptable, they were never rcognized by the great citizens of Canada as much more then a tax burden. So few years ago the public admonished the government for any kind of military expenditure. Now the public has nothing but praise for sending our troops to join up with the USA.

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    Expect little from life and get more from it.



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