Originally Posted By: King Brown



Risk is our abiding companion. Nothing is safe and nothing is certain. Canada has sacrificed mightily to empire. British and Canadian casualties in the single battle at Passchendaele in 1917 were greater than all US losses in both world wars. Liberal is not a despised word in Canada. A conservative government presides. A strong country's only fear, as FDR said, is fear itself.



OT - but the historian in me couldn't let the bolded comment go. No question Canada suffered terribly at 3rd Ypres, and pproportionately very highly in the world wars. That said, the statement is untrue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties

Ken