Victoria councillor says military should pay for Remembrance Day ceremonies
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Summary
Ben Issett wants the government to foot the bill for Victoria s Remembrance Day observances. Why not have them on the 75th anniversary of D-Day? Why not on Canada Day? And why not on Remembrance itself?
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It's not uncommon to hear politicians on both the left and the right fight over which side
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is most effectively and most adequately paying respect to veterans.
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A Victoria City councillor who seems eager to take the prize
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for being the most disrespectful to veterans in Canadian politics.
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who last week introduced a motion and debated a motion on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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To try to get the government of Canada and the military
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to foot the bill for Victoria's Remembrance Day observances.
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Yes, he said that with billions and billions of dollars,
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the Department of National Defence is better suited to pay for Remembrance Day ceremonies
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This was in response to a debate that was actually about the cost of policing
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the various events like Canada Day and, yes, Remembrance Day
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that exist in Victoria and similarly in other cities around the country.
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So there are a number of questions that are raised here.
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Now, being anti-military and anti-veteran is not new for this particular councillor.
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He previously argued against a potential bid from Victoria for the Invictus Games,
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the Olympics, if you will, for wounded warriors,
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because he says that allowing injured veterans to compete in a sporting event in Victoria
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So as much as he wants to couch this as something about respecting taxpayers,
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his words, it's actually about disrespecting veterans,
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and disrespecting the sacrifices that have been made by veterans.
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It's about honouring and remembering the lives lost,
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laid down for king and country by so many people in Canada
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because of a love of their country and their countrymen.
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Yet this old trope is basically for left-wingers in their pyjamas on the internet
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that, oh, supporting Remembrance Day, wearing a poppy,
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these are all things that glorify conflict and glorify killing,
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when in actual fact, it could not be further from the truth.
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a man who, despite his crusade against veterans,
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And even Lisa Helps, the mayor of Victoria who's so far left,
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she wanted John A. MacDonald's statue taken away from City Hall,
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He says he shouldn't have raised the discussion
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that you do not care about the sacrifices of veterans,
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Heck, why not raise the debate on Remembrance Day itself?
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We as Canadians, we as freedom-loving Canadians,
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owe our lives and our liberty to those men and women
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who have served their country in the armed forces,
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and in particular, those who laid down their lives.
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The freedom to be a worthless twit on City Council,
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a freedom that Councillor Ben Issett embraces on a day-to-day basis.
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thanks to those whose honour and whose sacrifice he spits on.