Canadian Forces Patrol Heads Out On Sovereignty Patrol In High Arctic

"The three-week patrol, launched at a cost of almost $1 million, will include members of the Regular Forces and Canadian Rangers, who are part-time reserve soldiers."

Why not send a far less expensive civilian expedition out there instead? I'm sure a lot of people would volunteer to go snow boarding, snowmobiling, skiing, fishing, (etc) in uncharted areas of the high arctic. Sounds like fun AND you get paid to do it too!

This reads like poorly scripted propaganda selling kids on to the idea of joining the forces. Harper needs plenty of fresh bodies to serve the Empire to fulfill Canada's mandatory tribute payments.

"Why not send a far less expensive civilian expedition out there instead?"

Because it doesn't count as a sovereignty patrol in accord with international law, unless it's done by the military or militia. And they don't get paid any more for driving a snowmobile in the arctic than they do for driving a desk in Ottawa.

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This notion of a "sovereignty patrol" is a waste of money.

You want to exercise control over an area, you need the means to deploy troops and equipment fast.

There's a well known means of assuring this happens.

They're called "military bases".

We don't have them where we need them on the frontier.

How else could Danes and Americans enter our territory unchallenged?

Instead of running fools errands foiling alleged terrorists half a world away, our troops should be here at home making sure our Northern borders are safe from intrusion by UndeSirable agents and their proxies.

They don't even have to be all that big, just large enough for maybe 150-250 people including support staff.

What we have now is simply put, a damn joke.

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Well that makes sense, otherwise the native populations who actually lived in a region for centuries could own it for themselves. International law is highly racist and biased in favor of those who made them up by decree (international bodies never represent anyone but those who are in power). It looks like the old Roman concept of "barbarians" never went away.

Might is right.

Hence my suggestion that we save a lot of money and send out sport enthusiasts interested in enjoying extreme adventure on the high arctic. They could be made to wear Canadian colors and carry flags as part of the contract. Think of the potential for corporate sponsorship with paid advertising and promotions, including a "reality" TV series - it could perhaps even generate a profit!

If Canada does not ensure that the NorthWest Passage and lands beyond are under Canadian sovereignty, the US would gladly take them over.<br />
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Don't be fooled that this is only in Wisconson, Minnesota and North Dakota. Seeing the results of US expansionism, that is likely the temporary limit of the project.

Didn't you read what Dr C said?

In case you didn't, I'll make it so obvious even Indy would get it:

the people in the patrol have to be real military personal, and not civilians playing soldier.

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You realize, the 'Rangers' the article speaks of are entirely made up of local natives (Innu, Innuit), right?

And how can 'international' law be racist? By definition, it encompasses everyone.

Drop the fallicies you force on yourself. You'll be surprised how decent a place the world really is.

This is a story of people getting out and seeing the world they live in, while protecting the soverignty of the country that they love.

Not an armed invasion by Racist Barbarians on Bombardiers.

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SOURCE: <a href="http://news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=286169">Canadian, US fighters conduct joint training in North </a><br> MARCH 23/07 - Canadian and US aircraft supporting the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) will conduct joint training in the Canadian North early next week. <p> "As a bi-national command, we train together often to ensure the defence of North America" - - Maj.-Gen. Charlie Bouchard, Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region headquarters. <p> The Canadian and Alaskan NORAD Regions will practice conducting joint long-range detection missions. The training is expected to take place near Whitehorse, Yukon. These missions are important NORAD tasks that enable detection and identification of unknown aircraft. <p> "Training with our US partners enables us to conduct effective operations in the NORAD mission," said Maj.-Gen. Charlie Bouchard, Commander of 1 Canadian Air Division/Canadian NORAD Region headquarters. "As a bi-national command, we train together often to ensure the defence of North America". <p> Participating aircraft will include: Canadian CF-18 Hornets and a CC-130T Hercules air-to-air refuelling tanker, US F-15 Eagles, a KC-135 refuelling tanker, and an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft. <p> NORAD and its regional support units and bases conduct regular training to maintain and validate procedures and readiness levels for response in the event of emergency situations. NORAD airborne early warning assets and air-to-air refuelling tankers play important roles in safe-guarding the sovereignty of U.S. and Canadian airspace.<br> --------------------------------- <p> <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20060512&articleId=2428"> Continental Integration of Military Command Structures: Chossudovsky & Byers </a><br> Territorial control over Canada is part of Washington's geopolitical and military agenda as formulated in April 2002 by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Binational integration" of military command structures is also contemplated alongside a major revamping in the areas of immigration, law enforcement and intelligence. <p> Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced unilaterally that US Northern Command would have jurisdiction over the entire North American region. Canada and Mexico were presented with a fait accompli. US Northern Command's jurisdiction as outlined by the US DoD includes, in addition to the continental US, all of Canada, Mexico, as well as portions of the Caribbean, contiguous waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the Mexican, US and Canadian coastlines as well as the Canadian Arctic. <p>Rumsfeld is said to have boasted that "the NORTHCOM – with all of North America as its geographic command – 'is part of the greatest transformation of the Unified Command Plan since its inception in 1947.'" (Ibid) <br> --------------------------------- <p> <a href="http://www.blackanthem.com/News/International_21/Renuart_Assumes_Command_of_NORTHCOM_NORAD5238.shtml"> Renuart Assumes Command of NORTHCOM, NORAD</a><br> During Keating's tenure, NORAD and NORTHCOM began the process of integrating into a single command center "to serve two nations better," Hillier said. "We fully support that, ... and our shoulder is behind anything that gives us efficacy and efficiency whilst continuing to give us a powerful and positive effect." <p> "We consider our shared and peaceful border a perfect metaphor for the relationship of two distinct, yet joined, partners," adding that NORAD and NORTHCOM share an "ever-progressive" and "continually evolving" relationship with Mexico. <br> ----------------------------- <p> <a href="http://www.news.gc.ca/cfmx/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=286059"> Hillier Awards Canadian Meritorious Service Award to US Lieutenant-General Karl W. Eikenberry </a><br> As the commanding general, Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, Lieutenant-General Eikenberry played a central role in Canada's success in the South of Afghanistan in 2006. He is an outstanding coalition builder, an exceptional commander and a strong supporter of Canada's foreign policy and military objectives in Afghanistan. <p> <a href="http://www.blackanthem.com/News/International_21/Renuart_Assumes_Command_of_NORTHCOM_NORAD5238.shtml">Hillier Awards Canadian Meritorious Service Award to Outgoing US Commander</a><br> Before presiding over the NORAD change of command, Canadian Chief of Defense Staff Gen. Rick Hillier awarded the outgoing Navy Adm. Keating - the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross. <p> Hillier said "No two sovereign nations in the world, except for Canada and the United States, have such a unique command structure". NORAD's and NORTHCOM's partnership with and assistance in standing up Canada Command "has enhanced the security of both our countries," he added.

"And how can 'international' law be racist?" <br><br> <a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000298">The Canadian Encyclopedia: Arctic Sovereignty</a> <blockquote> A country's claim to SOVEREIGNTY over land or sea depends on the complexities of INTERNATIONAL LAW. Among generally accepted proofs of sovereignty are discovery, cession, conquest and administration. Central to the idea of European sovereignty over North American territory has been the idea that native people have no legal title to the land they live in - they do not "own" it - but merely have ABORIGINAL RIGHTS, particularly "usufructuary," or the rights to use the land and its products.</blockquote> To sum up the above: "might is right". <br><br> The natives are second class humans simply because they were incapable of withstanding the technically advanced invasion forces sent to conquer their lands. That's what you are talking about, the ability to hold on to something by brute force alone. There's simply no other law that I'm aware of that is enforceable. Look at what the US government is doing, breaking international law left right and center because no one is willing or capable of stopping them. All laws are written only by people who have assumed enforceable control over others. What's right or wrong does not factor into the equation at all, and if it seems to, it's because of random chance alone or due to inclusion for the sake of appearance only. <br><br> "You'll be surprised how decent a place the world really is." <br><br> The word "decent" is a relative term. Decent when compared to what exactly? Yes, we could be living in a DU infested war zone, so by that comparison we're doing really fine. But wait, some people really do live in DU infested war zones, but heck those people are NOT like us so who cares, and if you do care, it's all done to help them and to save the world from hordes of super evil head chopping Muslim terrorists. Wow, what a decent thing to do! I feel like sticking my head in the sand and going back to sleep. Thanks DC I'm starting to feel blissfully unaware again ... la la la zzzzzz

As a concept national sovereignty holds until the first invasion by warmongering forces who have bought into the propaganda of the Masters of the Universe, otherwise known as the Demonic Cabal!<br />
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All this stuff is played out before an ignorant pulpous and any idea of sovereignty, Law, international or local is the smoke-screen the hoi polloi see as reality.<br />
Once one gets their head around that, and only then can real discussion begin.<br />
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That the world IS a great place isn’t the question, the question is why there is belief in what is obviously placed before us to swallow as truth, whether that be religion, law, fiat money, military might posturing as Right or any other lies.<br />
Just watch the hackles rise on those who have faith in any of the above when their beliefs are brought into question.<br />
None of the international law prevented the illegal invasion of Iraq and it won’t stop an invasion of whoever wants to control the high artic.<br />
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Though it is historically common for a small elite to lead any group, it is decidedly not "natural" or commendable for an elite to form into a cabal, "a group of persons secretly united to bring about an overturn or usurpation in public affairs." <br />
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"In case you didn't, I'll make it so obvious even Indy would get it"

My dry sense of humor didn't get through. I know what DC is saying, but international law has nothing to do with it at all. The ONLY thing that matters is if or if not a country has the means and is willing to stand up against those who wish to assume control through the use of brute force.

Do you really think that the Canadian government and the Canadian people are willing to do what it would take to stand up against the bully down south?

I suppose we could set up the token military bases and play tough guy for the show of it, which may be better than bending over backwards with lube in hand.

"None of the international law prevented the illegal invasion of Iraq and it won’t stop an invasion of whoever wants to control the high artic."

Nice to see that someone else in here understands the fundamentals of "international law" which clearly states that might is always right! Unless Canadian's are prepared to do what it takes, we'll continue to be Uncle Sam's bitch boy. If we put up a real fight, we'll learn quickly what it's like to be branded as evil [insert religion here] terrorists to be shot dead on sight.

Thanks RG!

I'm clear with it!

Too bad my "Christian" buddy can't see it too


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"And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan."

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