Canadian Parliament Approves Military Bill
OTTAWA - Parliament today approved a new military bill 400-13. This bill is expected to be signed by the Prime Minister tomorrow.
The Bill, introduced originally by Prime Minister Apps, calls for the complete overhaul of the Canadian military as well as the implementation of conscription. Conscription, of course, meaning the drafting of all persons age 18-22 into the military should they choose not to attend higher education.
The bill also calls for the Canadian military to number at least 3,000,000 by the end of 2013, and 5,000,000 by the end of 2015. These figures include both active personnel and reserve forces. It also requires the country to have at least 1,300,000 active personnel by the end of 2013.
The bill also transferred a large amount of military control to the Minister of Defence and those involved in the military, specifically the General of the Army.
The bill calls for a great buildup of logistical technology, especially sea transport. With Canada's only land border being with the American Confederation, which is now its strongest ally, it is recognized by the bill that any warfare in which Canada engages will be overseas and thus must be capable of transporting supplies by sea routes, one Senator said.
It also calls for the construction of a Navy of 84 ships, which will be, according to the bill, completed by the end of 2013. The Navy is to be constructed in two halves, one on the Atlantic and the other on the Pacific. The latter will be constructed mostly in and around Vancouver, while the Atlantic Navy will be constructed chiefly in Montreal, Quebec City, and Halifax.
Lastly, it calls for the construction of a modern Air Force of near 5,000 aircraft. It also requires at least 1,000 missiles, of which 200 are ICBM's for different purposes. Ship-based ICBM's and anti-ship ballistic missiles are also listed as beneficiaries of new military funding.
It also requires Canada to increase its military funding to nearly 200 billion per year, which, politicians say, will not be a problem considering Canada's rapidly growing economy, which will only be helped by the newly made military.
Another benefit of the new military, politicians say, is to help with the employment crisis, which was brought on by massive American immigration into Canada. With a large military and the increase of benefits for volunteers, the unemployment rate may be down to 11% by the end of 2012, sources say.
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Full Version: Canadian Shenanigans
Construction of Military Bases Approved
OTTAWA - The Ministry of Defence today announced its intentions for the creation of several new military bases throughout Canada, mostly in the south.
This announcement follows the adoption of a new military budget of over 200 billion, most of which has already been allocated to help design the new Canadian military.
Most of the bases will be constructed in Southern Canada, with a couple of sparse bases in the North, featuring one along the Alaskan border, another in northern British Columbia, and two in the northernmost part of the mainland, which the Minister of Defence stated would be used primarily for Arctic training, and would feature significant international traffic for Arctic warfare training and harsh weather training.
The bases are to be paid for with an additional 50 billion to the 200 billion already allocated for the military budget, according to the Military Bill passed last week 400-13.
The construction of these bases will, according to the Minister of Defence, bring new construction jobs and help to lower the unemployment rate.
A new bill has also been proposed to allocate an additional 100 billion to the defence budget beginning in 2014.
THE TIMES
OTTAWA - The Ministry of Defence today announced its intentions for the creation of several new military bases throughout Canada, mostly in the south.
This announcement follows the adoption of a new military budget of over 200 billion, most of which has already been allocated to help design the new Canadian military.
Most of the bases will be constructed in Southern Canada, with a couple of sparse bases in the North, featuring one along the Alaskan border, another in northern British Columbia, and two in the northernmost part of the mainland, which the Minister of Defence stated would be used primarily for Arctic training, and would feature significant international traffic for Arctic warfare training and harsh weather training.
The bases are to be paid for with an additional 50 billion to the 200 billion already allocated for the military budget, according to the Military Bill passed last week 400-13.
The construction of these bases will, according to the Minister of Defence, bring new construction jobs and help to lower the unemployment rate.
A new bill has also been proposed to allocate an additional 100 billion to the defence budget beginning in 2014.
THE TIMES
Avro Canada Reforms
VANCOUVER - Avro Canada, a company which was dissolved in 1962 by Hawker Siddeley Canada, has re-declared itself as a formal, independent corporation based in Vancouver. They were famous for manufacturing the Avro Arrow, an interceptor jet active during the 1960's.
Avro Canada is famous for spawning the company Orenda, a major manufacturer of jet engines in Canada.
The company has been subsidized following a grant by the government to allow the company to reform as an independent institution. The company will be allowed to function independently, but for 20 years must sell exclusively to the Canadian government, sources say.
This is part of the government's recent investment in resurgence of the Canadian military. By creating more competition, the government hopes that it will create greater innovation and allow Canada to compete more effective across the globe.
It is estimated that Avro will begin producing aircraft innovations by the year 2016, and a deadline has been set for prototypes for a new fighter and bomber by 2017. Once the prototypes are delivered to Parliament, they will be evaluated, and if they meet Parliament's standards, then Parliament will purchase 1,000 fighters and 200 bombers to be put into use by 2020.
VANCOUVER SUN
VANCOUVER - Avro Canada, a company which was dissolved in 1962 by Hawker Siddeley Canada, has re-declared itself as a formal, independent corporation based in Vancouver. They were famous for manufacturing the Avro Arrow, an interceptor jet active during the 1960's.
Avro Canada is famous for spawning the company Orenda, a major manufacturer of jet engines in Canada.
The company has been subsidized following a grant by the government to allow the company to reform as an independent institution. The company will be allowed to function independently, but for 20 years must sell exclusively to the Canadian government, sources say.
This is part of the government's recent investment in resurgence of the Canadian military. By creating more competition, the government hopes that it will create greater innovation and allow Canada to compete more effective across the globe.
It is estimated that Avro will begin producing aircraft innovations by the year 2016, and a deadline has been set for prototypes for a new fighter and bomber by 2017. Once the prototypes are delivered to Parliament, they will be evaluated, and if they meet Parliament's standards, then Parliament will purchase 1,000 fighters and 200 bombers to be put into use by 2020.
VANCOUVER SUN
Government Says Unemployment Down To 'Manageable Rate'
The Ministry of the Interior Press Secretary announced today that Canada's unemployment level has reached 10.5%, which he then declared was a 'Manageable Rate'.
The Ministry said that despite the fact that this is still much higher than after the stock market crash and economic failure of 2008, following the crash of numerous American banks as a direct result of mismanaging and a lack of Federal oversight, the rate is still at a level where the current climate can handle the remainder of unemployment on its own, and bring it down to 6%, which is the level from before the collapse.
He also stated that despite this fact, the Ministry will continue to pump money from the two bills whose total allocated funding was over 7 trillion. Some 4 trillion is still yet to be sent into the economy, sources say.
The Ministry stated that it is their intention to use all of the allocated money, even if the unemployment rate drops to or below 6%.
It also announced that they had met their goal of reducing the housing crisis to 3% homeless, which still amounts to nearly 6 million homeless Canadians. They have set a new goal of .25%, which would be 500,000 homeless Canadians.
The vast majority of the remaining money will be continued to be pumped into infrastructure. The Ministry also announced their intentions to build an underground maglev network in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, as well as a conventional maglev network running from Halifax to Vancouver. It is estimated that this project will cost nearly 250 billion.
Other high-speed train projects have been announced as well, including a bullet train line connecting many of the smaller cities, specifically from Newfoundland and Labrador to more populous areas like Ontario and Quebec.
VANCOUVER SUN
The Ministry of the Interior Press Secretary announced today that Canada's unemployment level has reached 10.5%, which he then declared was a 'Manageable Rate'.
The Ministry said that despite the fact that this is still much higher than after the stock market crash and economic failure of 2008, following the crash of numerous American banks as a direct result of mismanaging and a lack of Federal oversight, the rate is still at a level where the current climate can handle the remainder of unemployment on its own, and bring it down to 6%, which is the level from before the collapse.
He also stated that despite this fact, the Ministry will continue to pump money from the two bills whose total allocated funding was over 7 trillion. Some 4 trillion is still yet to be sent into the economy, sources say.
The Ministry stated that it is their intention to use all of the allocated money, even if the unemployment rate drops to or below 6%.
It also announced that they had met their goal of reducing the housing crisis to 3% homeless, which still amounts to nearly 6 million homeless Canadians. They have set a new goal of .25%, which would be 500,000 homeless Canadians.
The vast majority of the remaining money will be continued to be pumped into infrastructure. The Ministry also announced their intentions to build an underground maglev network in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, as well as a conventional maglev network running from Halifax to Vancouver. It is estimated that this project will cost nearly 250 billion.
Other high-speed train projects have been announced as well, including a bullet train line connecting many of the smaller cities, specifically from Newfoundland and Labrador to more populous areas like Ontario and Quebec.
VANCOUVER SUN
Government Announces Massive Train Network
OTTAWA - Today, Press Secretary Phillip Greene announced on behalf of the Canadian Government the initiation of a massive project for the purpose of building an enormous train network, an announcement that comes as no surprise to the masses, as this was often considered a part of the 7 trillion dollar infrastructure project that came as a part of the Infrastructure and Second Canada Acts.
The network will include two major types of trains. The first is a magnetic levitation train, commonly known as a Maglev, which runs on a magnet, creating a frictionless surface, thereby allowing it to run at speeds that conventional trains cannot reach. However, it is very expensive, and thus the network will not be as large as the train network.
The Maglev will run from Vancouver to Halifax, and plans have also been announced to expand into the Northern United States, to major cities as far south as St. Louis. Secretary Greene stated that negotiations with the United States are what held up the project for the longest time, however they have proven quite fruitful.
The entire network, including the portion within the American Confederation, will be financed by the Canadian government, built entirely by Canadian corporations employing Canadian citizens or recent legal immigrants, and then run entirely by Canadian Corporations, which will be owned by the government until they can be gauged by the Senate to run themselves.
Another network of high speed trains will run adjacent to the maglev network, and also to smaller towns. This network will be based on the Japanese network of trains, though they will be using a new Canadian-exclusive model of high speed train, which will go faster. The speeds of both the maglev train and the conventional train will be the highest in the world. The Maglev, the CAN-18, topped out at 1045 km/h (650mph), though during actual runs it will go only 885 km/h (550mph). The high speed train, the CHS-4 will do passenger runs at 523 km/h (325mph), though it topped out at 645 km/h (400mph).
A map of the network is below:
VANCOUVER SUN
OTTAWA - Today, Press Secretary Phillip Greene announced on behalf of the Canadian Government the initiation of a massive project for the purpose of building an enormous train network, an announcement that comes as no surprise to the masses, as this was often considered a part of the 7 trillion dollar infrastructure project that came as a part of the Infrastructure and Second Canada Acts.
The network will include two major types of trains. The first is a magnetic levitation train, commonly known as a Maglev, which runs on a magnet, creating a frictionless surface, thereby allowing it to run at speeds that conventional trains cannot reach. However, it is very expensive, and thus the network will not be as large as the train network.
The Maglev will run from Vancouver to Halifax, and plans have also been announced to expand into the Northern United States, to major cities as far south as St. Louis. Secretary Greene stated that negotiations with the United States are what held up the project for the longest time, however they have proven quite fruitful.
The entire network, including the portion within the American Confederation, will be financed by the Canadian government, built entirely by Canadian corporations employing Canadian citizens or recent legal immigrants, and then run entirely by Canadian Corporations, which will be owned by the government until they can be gauged by the Senate to run themselves.
Another network of high speed trains will run adjacent to the maglev network, and also to smaller towns. This network will be based on the Japanese network of trains, though they will be using a new Canadian-exclusive model of high speed train, which will go faster. The speeds of both the maglev train and the conventional train will be the highest in the world. The Maglev, the CAN-18, topped out at 1045 km/h (650mph), though during actual runs it will go only 885 km/h (550mph). The high speed train, the CHS-4 will do passenger runs at 523 km/h (325mph), though it topped out at 645 km/h (400mph).
A map of the network is below:
VANCOUVER SUN
QUOTE (Mergerberger II @ Oct 26 2009, 11:48 PM) 
Government Announces Massive Train Network
OTTAWA - Today, Press Secretary Phillip Greene announced on behalf of the Canadian Government the initiation of a massive project for the purpose of building an enormous train network, an announcement that comes as no surprise to the masses, as this was often considered a part of the 7 trillion dollar infrastructure project that came as a part of the Infrastructure and Second Canada Acts.
The network will include two major types of trains. The first is a magnetic levitation train, commonly known as a Maglev, which runs on a magnet, creating a frictionless surface, thereby allowing it to run at speeds that conventional trains cannot reach. However, it is very expensive, and thus the network will not be as large as the train network.
The Maglev will run from Vancouver to Halifax, and plans have also been announced to expand into the Northern United States, to major cities as far south as St. Louis. Secretary Greene stated that negotiations with the United States are what held up the project for the longest time, however they have proven quite fruitful.
The entire network, including the portion within the American Confederation, will be financed by the Canadian government, built entirely by Canadian corporations employing Canadian citizens or recent legal immigrants, and then run entirely by Canadian Corporations, which will be owned by the government until they can be gauged by the Senate to run themselves.
Another network of high speed trains will run adjacent to the maglev network, and also to smaller towns. This network will be based on the Japanese network of trains, though they will be using a new Canadian-exclusive model of high speed train, which will go faster. The speeds of both the maglev train and the conventional train will be the highest in the world. The Maglev, the CAN-18, topped out at 1045 km/h (650mph), though during actual runs it will go only 885 km/h (550mph). The high speed train, the CHS-4 will do passenger runs at 523 km/h (325mph), though it topped out at 645 km/h (400mph).
A map of the network is below:
VANCOUVER SUN
OTTAWA - Today, Press Secretary Phillip Greene announced on behalf of the Canadian Government the initiation of a massive project for the purpose of building an enormous train network, an announcement that comes as no surprise to the masses, as this was often considered a part of the 7 trillion dollar infrastructure project that came as a part of the Infrastructure and Second Canada Acts.
The network will include two major types of trains. The first is a magnetic levitation train, commonly known as a Maglev, which runs on a magnet, creating a frictionless surface, thereby allowing it to run at speeds that conventional trains cannot reach. However, it is very expensive, and thus the network will not be as large as the train network.
The Maglev will run from Vancouver to Halifax, and plans have also been announced to expand into the Northern United States, to major cities as far south as St. Louis. Secretary Greene stated that negotiations with the United States are what held up the project for the longest time, however they have proven quite fruitful.
The entire network, including the portion within the American Confederation, will be financed by the Canadian government, built entirely by Canadian corporations employing Canadian citizens or recent legal immigrants, and then run entirely by Canadian Corporations, which will be owned by the government until they can be gauged by the Senate to run themselves.
Another network of high speed trains will run adjacent to the maglev network, and also to smaller towns. This network will be based on the Japanese network of trains, though they will be using a new Canadian-exclusive model of high speed train, which will go faster. The speeds of both the maglev train and the conventional train will be the highest in the world. The Maglev, the CAN-18, topped out at 1045 km/h (650mph), though during actual runs it will go only 885 km/h (550mph). The high speed train, the CHS-4 will do passenger runs at 523 km/h (325mph), though it topped out at 645 km/h (400mph).
A map of the network is below:
VANCOUVER SUN
**Classified to Canada**
We're willing to make this a full project all over America, running to every major city. We will provide half the funding for the American section you are currently working on, and all of it for our section.
CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT
Canada does hereby cancel all treaties other than our MADP with the American Confederation. The world will not bother us anymore.
Canada does hereby cancel all treaties other than our MADP with the American Confederation. The world will not bother us anymore.
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