Canada, U.S. agree to use each other's troops in civil emergencies

[Phred42]

Can you say - NORTH AMERICAN UNION ?

SO, what are they gearing up for? Why do they think they need this? Add this to Blackwater which is staffed by killers from South Africa, South America etc and the Blackwater bases being built around the country (many near population centers like Chicago). If we ignore this, we will regret it.

By the way - (last sentence) where is the American Left? Asleep again as usual?
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Canada, U.S. agree to use each other's troops in civil emergencies
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=403d90d6-7a61-41ac-8cef-902a1d14879d&k=14984

Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal.

Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, which was signed Feb. 14 in Texas.

The U.S. military's Northern Command, however, publicized the agreement with a statement outlining how its top officer, Gen. Gene Renuart, and Canadian Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, head of Canada Command, signed the plan, which allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.

The new agreement has been greeted with suspicion by the left wing in Canada and the right wing in the U.S.

[Joanne98]

1. Oh boy! I bet the Canadians are going to shit when they here this!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Are there enough sensible people in Parliament for a vote of no confidence?

???

[rzemanfl]

3. So, if I surrender to Canadian troops will they put me in an

internment camp in Canada? The "right wing" in the U.S. is suspicious of this???? Yeah, right, doesn't bother me..... :sarcasm:

[Phred42]

5. Canadian Interment Camps will probalb have better Health care

[Captain Hilts]

4. Canada has a teensy weensie army. They were SOL during the Quebec ice storm ten years ago.

You see Canadian troops at Fort Drum all the time.

No big deal.

[MisterHowdy]

6. FUCK! I hate Harper.

He's going to get destroyed in the next elections.
He's getting a lot of flack right now about his Afghanistan errors.

I hate him!

[Earth_First]

7. North American Union anyone? n/t

[Phred42]

8. They'll announce the same agreement with Mexico soon

You'll be bribing Federallies from Mexico to Canada - bet they only take Ameros and Euros

[kickysnana]

9. Mounties hats and MN HP are the same; perhaps we won't notice them at first. n/t

[UTUSN]

10. Can you imagine the reaction if it were MEXICO and the U.S.?!1

BTW, Mexican relief teams assisted during Katrina and the California fires. It was quite a sight: A convoy of Mexican army jeeps and trucks snaking through Texas, covering the same trails they did before 1836.

[applegrove]

11. The last two or three times our army was used for civilian disaster it

was because of too much snow (silly then mayor of Toronto called out the troops after a particularly large dump of snow much to the amusement of the rest of the country) or for the ice storm.

Now what would members of the American military know about that?