Canuck navy heads for New Orleans - today

[HEyHEY]

About 1,000 sailors and soldiers aboard three Canadian warships and a coast guard vessel left Halifax harbour Tuesday on a relief mission to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The ships are packed enough supplies for up to three months in the region, which was devastated by hurricane Katrina just over a week ago. Earlier, Prime Minister Paul Martin told the crewmen that the mission is an example of "neighbours helping neighbours." "We, as a country, are grateful . . . for what you are about to take on," the prime minister said during a brief ceremony at the naval dockyard.

http://www.recorder.ca/cp/National/050906/n090627A.html

[whistle]

1. Tell them to be careful, U.S. occupation forces there are ordered to shot

...at any hostile acts, rescue and aid by foreign powers are considered hostile acts by George Bush and the right wing in this country.

[Lars39]

2. HeyHey, please let folks know we are deeply appreciative

of the help Canada is giving us.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Yes Thank Canada for us!

:hug:

[fooj]

4. Thank you, Canada. Please don't give up on us!

Peace.

[KamaAina]

5. Could you annex it, please?

After all, the Cajun (Acadian) people came from Canada in the first place. Couldn't you annex La. under some version of the "right of return"?

Please! Obi-wan Canucky, you're our last hope!

[glarius]

6. CNN won't tell it so I guess we have to toot our own horn!

I'm only posting this because we Canadians are your neighbours and I think you should know that we are there for you...
I just saw on CNN, Zain Verjee recite a littany of all the countries who are helping or offering to help....AS USUAL, no mention of Canada...CNN refuses to say anything about Canada that will make us look good...but they always make sure to mention something that happens up here that puts us in a bad light! I know it sounds paranoid, but it's true....Besides what HeyHey has reported here, this is what else we have done: We have people down there helping already....The first to go were from British Columbia: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=awhmdYLAa_1Q&refer=canada
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British Columbia's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue team is in Louisiana.
The 45-member team, trained in urban disaster relief, worked in Southeast Asia after the tsunami disaster
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1126011290852_43/?hub=TopStories
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Although the emphasis for now will be on basic supplies, as time goes on Canada could consider sending more sophisticated equipment, such as mobile hospitals.
The material is coming from stockpiles maintained by Canadian authorities as part of their own disaster preparedness plans

Red Cross workers have already left for down there also...I don't have a link for them, but I've seen them on TV waving goodbye as they boarded their plane to go south...
:loveya: