XPost: can.politics, bc.politics, ont.politics   
   From: bigcletus@yahoo.com.com   
      
   Andrew Chaplin wrote:   
   > dipsy  wrote in   
   > news:5nmkj5hk0r2c46idh9s1doc399ucljv4es@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> You're a Canadian Forces dude.   
   >   
   > That's a very dubious assertion.   
   >   
   >> What was the name of that regiment   
   >> that had a 125 year history out of Manitoba, that the Canadian   
   >> government shut down because they killed that kid in Somalia?   
   >   
   > The only regiment "shut down" was the Canadian Airborne Regiment, and it   
   > only dated from 1968. Its 2 Commando was largely made up of soldiers with   
   > PPCLI as a regimental affiliation. They have not yet marked a centennial.   
   > The PPCLI's origins are Ottawa (it was formed there by a Montrealer,   
   > Hamilton Gault, in Lansdowne Park) and Calgary, where it had its home   
   > station--when such things mattered.   
      
   Andrew..you must the only one left here...too bad that's it's now a "one   
   flew over the coo-coos nest"..   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Jack   
      
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