No Pixguy the draft has not returned. There are however several US military deserters who VOLUNTEERED for service accepted the terms, collected the pay and then when ordered to Iraq or Afghanistan fled the "illegal occupation of a foreign country" and hid out in Canada. I'm not really sure how that was even a possibility as Canada sent troops to Afghanistan.
We declined Iraq as the 'Stan' was about all we could afford man power wise. Across all of Canada we only have one Division, there are only four major bases in the country that regularly sends soldiers overseas. Edmonton, AB. Petawawa, ON. Valcartier, QC. and Gagetown, NB. Everyone flies out of Trenton, ON the only heavy lift airbase in the country. There are only two fighter bases. Valcartier, QC. and Cold Lake, AB. At each end of the country, but that is all we need as we only have about 30 or so F-18s until we replace them with 20 or so F-35s in the next ten years
I don't think there are more than a dozen deserters hiding out here but even one is unacceptable. We should not be protecting someone from lawful prosecution for an offense that is also illegal in Canada. Especially when Canada is sending its own troops. If you are not willing to stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them!
ZZBYV6 the health care provider like most insurance providers wanted to pay the least they could. If your neighbors father was back in Ontario then his heath care cost are paid for by the government, but only if he is in Ontario. We need private insurance to cover us when out of Canada. Most of then want to repatriate as soon as possible to let the government pay. It is cheaper to charter a flight then to pay for several days admittance to a Cardiac Care Unit costing $5000-10000 a day. I'm not sure where in Michigan you live but from almost anywhere it is a 1-3 hour flight to Toronto depending on aircraft. That would cost less than one day on a MI hospital. That is why they wanted to fly him home.
Our health care system is not the greatest, there are potential for long wait times and large travel distances for specialties. Though for a resident in Canada it is mostly free, the federal and provincial governments also spend less per capita than the US counterparts do on health care and you have to have private insurance. I can however get a CT scan in a couple hours in most states that could take days here. The same with an MRI that takes weeks for a non critical scan (funny though a NHL player gets hurt and they get an MRI that day...).
I do love my Michigan made JD tractor however.
