Auditor Generals Report

i just saw this on CTV newsnet, and although i don't have all the details i couldn't resist writing about it. the auditor general released a report today which is receiving a lot of attention because of the firearms registry. the part i found the most interesting is this, since 2002 over 20,000 applications have been processed for the canadian forces, of those applicants only 700 new recruits have been hired. im sure a lot of those prospective recruits were rejected for legitimate reasons but the canadian forces could definately use the extra man power, especially now when the left is calling for canadian troops to be pulled out of afganistan and placed in the sudan while the conservatives want to remain in afganistan and say we cannot commit to both. maybe if we had an extra 20,000 troops on hand we could do both. 20,000 troops may not seem like a lot but in canada it is. for example when you hear in the media of 'rangers' patrolling the canadian arctic frontier, they are referring to a handful of inuit, riding snowmobiles and dogsleds. as far as i know these rangers are more like fur traders guiding early european pioneers than the men and women we should be depending on to protect our soveigenty. i don't understand the oppostion the americans have to their government placing the national guard along the mexican border, i hope to hell they do the same to the border we share with the states, our border patrol agents don't even carry sidearms. although i haven't travelled abroad lately i did a lot in previous years and would be willing to put up with more inconvenience to make our borders more secure and if our own government won't do it i hope the americans do. some of you are thinking right now, 'what a right wing, american loving, nut job', to you i say fuck you, and i don't use that language lightly on here. i do love the USA, god bless america. i also love canada, and the monarchy, god save the queen, and oh canada and what not. in my rant i kind of forgot where i was going with this. but anyway, if you ever meet me don't bash canada, or the US for that matter or you're going to bet bloodied up.