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LTC Stephen Conway
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Canada Day.

Both people who are pro Confederate or pro-union will be surprised.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/new-history-documents-canadas-surprising-role-in-us-civil-war/article12559597/

When anti-white angry Joy Reid gets mad at pickup trucks with American flags going down the road, she needs to remember that there's still a lot of racism against indigenous people in Canada.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/new-history-documents-canadas-surprising-role-in-us-civil-war/article12559597/
Maj Kim Patterson SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D MSG Joseph Cristofaro
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LTC Stephen Conway a question. Back around 2005 I took exception to one of my classmates assertions on how good the Canadian health care system was. She was Canadian. She finally gave up but also said that the system was actually two systems. One for Canadians and one for the Indigenous people. She also said the government insurance worked only for the Indigenous on the reservations. A. Was that correct, B. Is it still that way or has it been reformed. Thanks.
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Amn Dale Preisach
Amn Dale Preisach
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Remember, Canada was one of a scant Number of Countries to Help the US during the Hostage Crisis in Iran in the 70's.
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LTC William Gilmore
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But, Canada Day is July 1st.
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LTC Stephen Conway
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LTC William Gilmore I misunderstood it as the equivalent of Canadian independence day. Which is on the 1st. My mistake
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LTC Stephen Conway
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A work day because we had yesterday off and Lieu of Canada Day falling on a Saturday. July 1st is Canada Day.

A month from now I'll think of the USA when an A-10 Warthog demonstration team comes to Edmonton.

https://albertainternationalairshow.com/
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Canada had a hundred bases and trained over 105, 000 Harriman from all over the world during World War II because Canada was far enough away from Japanese and German bombers. Canada joins England and France in september, 1939 so Americans who wanted to fight to defend Freedom before the US got involved went to Canada to volunteer instead of running to Canada 25 years later to avoid the draft and not serve in the Vietnam conflict. Canada didn't care if you were American and you could become a commissioned officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. I once wrote a story about an American private that was mobilized for the one-year mobilization of all reserve and guard forces. He got bored marching around so he went absent without leave and took off the canada. He was accepted in their military and they didn't know about him being a deserter of this unit. He ended up to coming a flight officer which is a command equivalent of a captain and he flew and a submarine warfare missions over Scotland and the North Sea looking for German you both to sink. After the war was over, he married a Canadian, got a Bachelor's degree from Canadian colleges. He then turned himself into the US forces and was thrown in military police detention for a month. He was able to contact the Canadian embassy and they were able to forward his military file to the US Army. The US Army let him go on one condition that he did not ask for his back pay from the time he left his unit in 1941. True story I read this years ago.
https://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/bomber-command/americans-in-the-rcaf/#:~:text=Other%20young%20Americans%20had%20made,decision%20to%20enter%20the%20war.


Maj Kim Patterson SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D MSG Joseph Cristofaro
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Maj Kim Patterson
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge LTC Stephen Conway I have nothing but respect for Canada. I have some wonderful Canadian friends.
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Maj Kim Patterson sorry, I was being sarcastic back. Don't be concerned.
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Maj Kim Patterson
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I worked with a number of Canadian fighter pilots that came to my base for training.
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What do you call the 4th of July in Canada?
LTC Stephen Conway
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Maj Kim Patterson my wife likes a ginger ale but my favorite is Dr Pepper. I passed the glucose stress test on my last physical with flying colors because my wife doesn't like me drinking it with meals. She says Dr Pepper is not a doctor LOL
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Maj Kim Patterson
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You might try the ice cream in healthy size portion,
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Maj Kim Patterson Canada may have their own brands of stuff but as far as going to the market or or going out for fast food, I would say the majority of the chains are the same and the food items sold at the market are very close. I'm from California originally and Carl's Jr started there yet the Carl's Jr here in Canada has poutines which is basically fries with gravy something the French Canadians added to the main Canadian menu. At least in alberta, I kind of felt that it was becoming little by little more like the USA because the police cars ended up going black and white in the major Alberta cities. Occasionally I'll see a vehicle pulled over by the Canadian Highway Patrol when it says sheriff on the side even though it's probably RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When I saw Carl's Jr come to alberta, it was a little bit more like Southern california. What's really weird is the indigenous people have picked up on the hip hop rap. Here is kind of a rank but somewhat True song called what's really really r e z. Instead of calling it the reservation, they call it the reserve or r e z for short.

I am not related to the Conway mentioned in this video.

https://youtu.be/jDMXm5VxNmM

You'll kind of hear a little bit of a native accent in these rappers.
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Amn Dale Preisach
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Maj Kim Patterson this is how you drink Canada dry.
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Maj Kim Patterson
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I see I should have added the tag Humor.
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LTC Stephen Conway
LTC Stephen Conway
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Maj Kim Patterson not sure if you're able to get aptn Aboriginal Network they have some serious shows but they also sometimes show Dancing With Wolves or Legends of the Fall. my wife's had some relatives were both movies.

https://www.aptn.ca/
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Maj Kim Patterson
Maj Kim Patterson
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I’ve been in some movies, This is Rick Mora from Twilght.
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Maj Kim Patterson
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This is Veteran Wes Studi
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Maj Kim Patterson
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I’m in the private Native American Group on Facebook so I keep informed about what’s going on in the Native American community.
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LTC Stephen Conway
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Just think how much better off we would have been if President Biden had actually left to Canada along with all the Hollywood Elites after president Trump won in 2016.

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LTC Stephen Conway
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I'm sure the US and and Canada are friendlier to Syrian refugees and maybe even Hispanics then they are to American and Canadian Indians.

My wife says that they're only nice to us because I'm with her and I'm white.

https://youtu.be/7mKZ7PBfCXA

Maj Kim Patterson SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D MSG Joseph Cristofaro
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Maj Kim Patterson
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I have found welcome in the Native American Music Community. In 2018, we all wore this ribbon representing Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children,
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Sgt Commander, Dav Chapter #90
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July 4th... I don't know of a Canadian holiday on this day...
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LTC Program Manager
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Tuesday
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Maj Kim Patterson
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Good answer!
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CPT Richard Trione
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Very good to know!
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