A little help here perhaps?
canadian1971 @ Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:36 am
I've just recently read that the Eastern portion of our vast and beautiful country provides about 30% of all military personel.....shitty part is I cant remember where I read this.....can anyone confirm or debunk please and thank you.
-Mario- @ Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:40 am
Probably most from Quebec... 
canadian1971 @ Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:46 am
Joking aside...this is part of the reason I ask....at the same time I read that Quebec has close to 30% aswell. It would surprise me a whole lot...I notice the Eastern and French accents alot when ever I talk to those in uniform. Not saying this to insult anyone in any way shape or form....I seriously love those who wear that uniform.....must be some kind of fetish perhaps. 
Hey Mario...you're looking especially good this morning. 
-Mario- @ Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:01 am
LOL... There is a lot of french through out the CF... and a lot of Newfs too.
little_beaver @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:00 pm
im in the army reserve im french and im from ontario !!!!!
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:40 pm
Yeah, the Newfs and Frogs(I can say it, me grandpa was a frog) are throughtout the CF. This makes giving orders a bitch, because you can't understand anyone...
Pvt. Lunger: "We need artillery on a mountain side about 150 m from here."
Newf gunner: "Where ya to, buddy?"
Pvt. Lunger: ".....WTF?!"
canadian1971 @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:50 pm
You shouldn't make fun of Newfies Arty......your Mom has some Newfie in her......every time she visits me! 
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:54 pm
She doesn't commute that often, and hasn't set foot in Cowtown since years before I was born, but nice try.
grainfedprairieboy @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:58 pm
I do not have the actual figures but overall I would say that each province contributes equally as a percentage of its population with a slightly larger number coming from the Maritimes and a corresponding smaller number coming from Quebec.
I do find the reserves are disproportionately from the west following a downward graph as you move east when you base it as a percentage of the population.
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
ziggy @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:04 pm
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
Yeah, the Newfs and Frogs(I can say it, me grandpa was a frog) are throughtout the CF. This makes giving orders a bitch, because you can't understand anyone...
Pvt. Lunger: "We need artillery on a mountain side about 150 m from here."
Newf gunner: "Where ya to, buddy?"
Pvt. Lunger: ".....WTF?!"
Pvt. Lunger: "We need artillery on a mountain side about 150 m from here."
Newf gunner: "Where ya to, buddy?"
Pvt. Lunger: ".....WTF?!"
Still remember the first time I was asked that. A newfy was giving me a ride back to town and was wondering what hotel I was at.
He asked me 3 times and I just thought wtf is this guy saying?
fatbasturd @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:05 pm
grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:
I do not have the actual figures but overall I would say that each province contributes equally as a percentage of its population with a slightly larger number coming from the Maritimes and a corresponding smaller number coming from Quebec.
I do find the reserves are disproportionately from the west following a downward graph as you move east when you base it as a percentage of the population.
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
I do find the reserves are disproportionately from the west following a downward graph as you move east when you base it as a percentage of the population.
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
$1:
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
Why would that be?
canadian1971 @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:13 pm
ziggy ziggy:
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
Yeah, the Newfs and Frogs(I can say it, me grandpa was a frog) are throughtout the CF. This makes giving orders a bitch, because you can't understand anyone...
Pvt. Lunger: "We need artillery on a mountain side about 150 m from here."
Newf gunner: "Where ya to, buddy?"
Pvt. Lunger: ".....WTF?!"
Pvt. Lunger: "We need artillery on a mountain side about 150 m from here."
Newf gunner: "Where ya to, buddy?"
Pvt. Lunger: ".....WTF?!"
Still remember the first time I was asked that. A newfy was giving me a ride back to town and was wondering what hotel I was at.
He asked me 3 times and I just thought wtf is this guy saying?
Hell theres times when I dont understand wtf some Newfies say.
grainfedprairieboy @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:17 pm
fatbasturd fatbasturd:
grainfedprairieboy grainfedprairieboy:
I do not have the actual figures but overall I would say that each province contributes equally as a percentage of its population with a slightly larger number coming from the Maritimes and a corresponding smaller number coming from Quebec.
I do find the reserves are disproportionately from the west following a downward graph as you move east when you base it as a percentage of the population.
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
I do find the reserves are disproportionately from the west following a downward graph as you move east when you base it as a percentage of the population.
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
$1:
Regardless of where you joined, I do know that the retirement destination of choice is Alberta.
Why would that be?I don't know. Not to sound this way but I guess lower taxes, better lifestyle and being surrounded by people who share your political outlook must play a significant factor.
fatbasturd @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:23 pm
Do you have a source for this course of reason "the retirement destination of choice is Alberta" ...or is it a personal opinion?
grainfedprairieboy @ Wed Oct 18, 2006 7:38 pm
Empirical.