Repossession
Is this rant based on anything other than hearsay? Starting off with a friend sent me an e-mail that apparently concerns a Federal Department and Federal Museum is really not a firm basis to start a thread that seems to wander off in two directions. Do you really know the actual events or are you just basing this thread on the information you recieved in the e-mail?
Also, are you unhappy that the vehicles were apparently recalled? Are you unhappy that DND apparently wanted them recalled? Do you know, or have you ever actually seen any formal written agreement between DND and CWM and if so please tell us all what the details of the loan agreement are so that we can all perhaps forumate an informed opinion.
Your rant quickly turned into some sort of statement on the CWM collection and how you seem to think it is not very good and that collectors are "more historically correct(Depending on availability of parts and finances) we are more mobile, asthetically more accurate and collectors are more knowledgeable of their vehicles than some guide at the CWM." How does this relate to the original topic, ie the apparent recall of vehicles, that you started to rant about?
Next you wander off and start babbling on about the demand for display vehicles, how does this relate to your original topic? Also, what is this battle you have been raging for years with your vehicles?
I don't know what the agreement between CWM and DND is or was, perhaps when DND passes AFVs to CWM the vehicles have to stay with CWM and not be loaned out to a third party; musuem or not. But, this is specualtion as I do not know the answer. Perhaps an e-mail to the CWM or the parent organization the Museum of Civilization will get you all of the details.
Boycotting events, I am not sure what events you are talking about, is not the way to go. If you are not pleased with the state of the CWM collection, then instead of generating rants in this forum, do something about it. There is a charitable support organization for the CWM called the Friends of the Canadian War Museum. By joining this organization, this can give you a voice into the preservation of museum artefacts, something you will not get with just ranting on this forum.
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