Canada to join the WASP alliance?
caukus?
caukus?
[edit] It reminds me of a very goood movie, in which an official angle says in a confidential tone: "this is the Canadian delegation: you can recognize them by their surprised expression at having received an invitation to participate in the summit".
huhu.
(sorry for the Caribous)
On this subject, do you know the story of the sale of the 4 old rotten English Upholder class subs (1) to the Maple Leafs?
In the late 80s, the French had been chosen to provide SSNs to the Canadian Navy, and then the anglos made us "a Caribou". (2)
Here is [FRENCH SSNs SOLD TO CANADA? [A COLLECTIVE DREAM THAT WAS CLOSE TO SUCCESS]:
In May 1989, the French head of the General Delegation for Armament was in Ottawa, invited by his Canadian counterpart to sign the intergovernmental agreement launching the program. When suddenly:
"the [Canadian] Minister of Finance made a flash presentation on television at the beginning of the 8 p.m. news to announce the cancellation of the Nuclear Attack Submarine Acquisition Program by the Canadian authorities.
We would later learn that this decision, taken in the greatest secrecy between the Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney and the Minister of Finance, who had not informed the Minister of Defense, Perrin Beatty, had been dictated by the Americans. Our English competitors having learned that the Canadians were going to announce the choice of the French submarine, in preference to theirs, had denounced the program to the Americans so that the latter would sink it... etc."
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(1) 4 submarines that will spend most of their career in the Canadian Navy docked, due to chronic unavailability.
(2) 30 years later, the same ones will make us « a Kangaroo ». We are really too stupid.
huhu.
(sorry for the Caribous)
On this subject, do you know the story of the sale of the 4 old rotten English Upholder class subs (1) to the Maple Leafs?
In the late 80s, the French had been chosen to provide SSNs to the Canadian Navy, and then the anglos made us "a Caribou". (2)
Here is [FRENCH SSNs SOLD TO CANADA? [A COLLECTIVE DREAM THAT WAS CLOSE TO SUCCESS]:
In May 1989, the French head of the General Delegation for Armament was in Ottawa, invited by his Canadian counterpart to sign the intergovernmental agreement launching the program. When suddenly:
"the [Canadian] Minister of Finance made a flash presentation on television at the beginning of the 8 p.m. news to announce the cancellation of the Nuclear Attack Submarine Acquisition Program by the Canadian authorities.
We would later learn that this decision, taken in the greatest secrecy between the Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney and the Minister of Finance, who had not informed the Minister of Defense, Perrin Beatty, had been dictated by the Americans. Our English competitors having learned that the Canadians were going to announce the choice of the French submarine, in preference to theirs, had denounced the program to the Americans so that the latter would sink it... etc."
_______
(1) 4 submarines that will spend most of their career in the Canadian Navy docked, due to chronic unavailability.
(2) 30 years later, the same ones will make us « a Kangaroo ». We are really too stupid.
