[snipes]

[quote:fbc6a]Harper Promising Billions For Military


Stephen Harper promised a major shot in the arm to the Canadian military on Monday, when he unveiled the Conservative party's first major policy announcement of the election campaign. Appearing in the Armed Forces town of Trenton, Ont., the Conservative leader announced a package that would inject into the military an additional $1.2 billion a year for the next three years, rising to $1.6 billion in the fourth year. The package would boost troop strength to about 80,000 personnel.[/quote:fbc6a]
[url:fbc6a]http://www.castanet.net/cgi-bin2/newNews/news_list.cgi?method=show_story&page=15[/url:fbc6a]

So, fellow Canadians, who are you going to vote for in Canada's 2004 election?

[Madmartagen]

How is that a positive thing? Does Canada need that many troops and a larger budget?

[strvs]

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A community desertification control is demonstrated in the Niger with women at work reclaiming degraded land.

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A girl waters her family´s garden.

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A long period of drought, which started in 1965/66, reached its peak in1984. This caused an accelerated soil erosion (rainfall was 150mm.), and,consequently to a desertification around the project area.

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A small flock of sheep on badly overgrazed land.

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An international methodology for an assessment of soil degradation, land Georeferenced soils and terrain database

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Animal Density on Pasture Land (Head/1000HA) 1994

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Animal at pasture in the area around Asmara.

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Approches participatives - integration du projet, Mauritanie

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Arid zone forestry (Guide 20)

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Arrival of the FAO lorry carrying necessary gear for the continuation of the projects.

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Aspectos claves de las estrategias para el desarrollo sostenible de las tierras aridas

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Banking of the environment

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Biumba region in Northern Rwanda. View of slow-forming terraces with scattered rural housing. Note potato cultivation and traditional family banana groves.

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Building barriers (fences) to prevent advance of sand dunes at Gour.

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Closeup of project officer with tree seedlings in nursery at Gour. The young trees will be planted in arid zones to combat desertification.

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Conservation-effective land management and desertification control

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Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.

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Construction of a dry wall to protect cultivated land from water erosion.

[Judas]

uhm.

[ninty]

Originally Posted by snipes

[quote:8c47f]Harper Promising Billions For Military


Stephen Harper promised a major shot in the arm to the Canadian military on Monday, when he unveiled the Conservative party's first major policy announcement of the election campaign. Appearing in the Armed Forces town of Trenton, Ont., the Conservative leader announced a package that would inject into the military an additional $1.2 billion a year for the next three years, rising to $1.6 billion in the fourth year. The package would boost troop strength to about 80,000 personnel.

[url:8c47f]http://www.castanet.net/cgi-bin2/newNews/news_list.cgi?method=show_story&page=15[/url:8c47f]

So, fellow Canadians, who are you going to vote for in Canada's 2004 election?[/quote:8c47f]

You need to consider more than military issues when voting.

I will however vote conservative in hopes of forceing a liberal minority, because I still think the liberals will win, although it could be close.

[ninty]

oh yeah, and you poll is wrong.

THE GREEN PARTY IS NOT THE MARIJUANA PARTY!!! they are two different parties.

http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSPolitics/parties.html

This link is a little old because it has PC's and Alliance seperated. So you just have to put those together, but all other parties are the same.

[TonyMontana]

like seriously think people, the Liberals will win. It will probably be a minority government, but the liberals will be on top

[Coleman]

Originally Posted by Judas

uhm.

[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

Tories

[Eight Ace]

...meh, same circus...all they do is change the clowns... eek:

[imported_Fluffy_Bunny]

who is the ringmaster?

[Coleman]

canadian politics...never knew there was such a thing. biggrin:

[Sergeant_Scrotum]

We tried that here, voteing all liberal to get rid of the PC. back fired on us because the liberals got tons of seats now they have gone back on every single promis they made. I will be voteing NDP this time (well that is if i was old enough)

[[DAS REICH] Blitz]

[quote="Garry Coleman":cdb82]canadian politics...never knew there was such a thing. biggrin:[/quote:cdb82] oOo:

[Art Attack]

Liberals, screw Harper.