Sitting Ducks: Government Could Have Used Gun Registry $$$
The government could have used $100 million per year from the gun registry to actually do some good and hire thousands of officers but they played financial shell games instead with our security. Our Liberal government provided only $30 million (over how many years?) for extra manpower. Security for Canadians was never a priority. Allowing it to knowingly deteriorate over 10 years and expecting to fix it overnight is an impossible feat. It has left us virtually unprotected and sitting ducks.
Compared with countries that have suffered air terrorism and are serious about combatting it, Canada's security standards are amateurish beyond belief.
Yet the risk is real. Last November, in a tape attributed to Osama bin Laden, Canada was singled out along with Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Australia as a U.S. ally slated for attack. The recent carnage in Madrid showed that al-Qaeda's reach and thirst for innocent blood are undiminished. Canada could be hit. Moreover, the combination of a relatively permissive refugee policy and a relaxed security posture are bound to make us a target for those seeking to do further harm to the United States itself. To assume otherwise would be grossly naive.
