Wikileaks has revealed that Conservative Laurie Hawn was tickled pink over Canada's rise in unemployment, seeing it as an opportunity to recruit more soldiers.
Maybe instead of EI, we should just ship them all out.
A Conservative MP recently nominated by the federal government to sit on a secretive Canada-U.S. committee on continental defence told U.S. officials he was hoping a downturn in the economy would lead to increased recruitment for the Canadian army, according to a “confidential” U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks to APTN National News.What next, conscription?
Edmonton Centre Conservative MP Laurie Hawn said he saw “hope” that the rising numbers of unemployed would lead to an increased in army recruits, according to the diplomatic cable from March 12, 2009.
