Canadian Military Educational Centre

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Talk about off-point and generalization. These are words meant to sway and are completely irrelevant to the issue of right-hand drive vehicles. Coming from both a Mil Veh background and a British sports car background I am unaware of any catastrophic events that would cause the government to review current policy.
I believe that Quebec effectively banned these just recently but am unaware if that was aimed at new imports or the existing inventory.
Better get the OMVA and other orgs to contact the provincial authorities ASAP.

Clive

Clive..
Sorry to hijack this thread but couldn't find another place for this topic..maybe Jif or Hanno can separate this out..
but the Mother fu*kers are still at it...
Out again this afternoon..


Right Hand Drive Vehicles Have no Place on our Roads: Canadian Auto Dealers Association

Association Calls for Closing of Regulatory Loophole

OTTAWA, Oct. 20 /CNW/ - Today, the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), which represents over 3,300 dealers nationwide, is calling on the federal government to close a regulatory loophole that allows thousands of dirty and unsafe right hand drive (RHD) vehicles into Canada every year.

"Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of right hand drive vehicles in Canada," said Richard Gauthier, President and CEO of CADA. "These cars are imported under a regulatory loophole that allows vehicles older than 15 years of age to enter the country without complying with the Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety standards or national environmental standards."

The 15-year exclusion rule for the imposition of Canada's safety and environmental standards on imported cars was introduced at a time when 15-year-old vehicles were very rare, to continue to allow antiques to be imported into Canada. It is under this loophole that all RHD vehicles currently enter Canada.

"A 15-year-old car is no longer an antique," continued Mr. Gauthier. "The vast majority of vehicles on the road today reach their 15th birthday and beyond. What's more, RHD vehicles are as much as 40 per cent more likely to be involved in an accident than traditional left hand drive cars. They are often used for street racing and other reckless acts. One was involved in a tragic accident in Ottawa this summer in which the young parents of three girls were killed."

The provinces of Quebec and Prince Edward Island have already acted to stem the tide of RHD cars on their roads. CADA is calling on the federal government to act on behalf of all Canadians to increase the threshold for the suspension of environmental and safety regulations from 15 to 25 years.

"This is a very simple fix for the federal government and would bring us into line with our trading partners," said Mr. Gauthier. "America and Australia have moved to 25 years and until Canada does the same, it will continue to be a dumping ground for dirty, old and unsafe RHD vehicles from Asian countries. Keeping them out of Canada is the right thing to do for the safety of Canadian drivers and for the quality of the air that we breathe."

The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) is the national association for franchised automobile dealerships that sell new cars and trucks. Our 3,300 dealers represent a key sector of Canada's economy. Through our dealers, we are represented in nearly every community and those dealers collectively employ over 130,000 people across the country.

For further information:

Emily Reid
CADA Public Affairs
Phone: 613-230-2079
Email: ereid@cada.ca

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Clive..
Sorry to hijack this thread but couldn't find another place for this topic..

Alex, my comment about "off-point" was aimed at the language used by
CADA, i.e., "dirty and unsafe" and not at you for posting here. Good idea though to have the mods carve this out into its own topic as I can see this going on for a while.
Clive

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by servicepub

Alex, my comment about "off-point" was aimed at the language used by
CADA, i.e., "dirty and unsafe" and not at you for posting here. Good idea though to have the mods carve this out into its own topic as I can see this going on for a while.
Clive

Jeez Clive..
You should of known me BEFORE I cleaned up my act..
WE better get together at Gracies..as soon as Young Law is around..
Can't remember if we initiated him or not..
But I feel a ragin' thirst coming on...

[Eric B]

Back to gas masks.

My Grandfather was a lead driver with the Royal Canadian Artillery in WW1 and they use to fill a feed bag with hay for the horses to serve as a gas mask.

He was unable to ride with the hood gas mask so they use to take the mouthpiece out and stick that in their mouth and ride through the gas. He said that their mouth would be black from the charcoal afterwards.

If you wish this info for the book Clive let me know. I also have some test radio attachments for the newer style gas mask. I actually had a black version of the newer gas mask, but as it was slashed i traded it for a green one. Now the black ones are extremely hard to find if not impossible.

Thanks
Eric

[Eric B]

OH I also forgot i have lots of NBC equipment as well. The Dieffenbunker also has items of interest.

There is a good book on the Canadian Manufacture of of Chemical and Biological warfare in WW2. I beleive it is called Canada Secret War. It was a very good read and eye opening.

Gross Illes in QC as well as Suffield were a result of this experimentation. Which Canada was the lead in.

We were able to come up eventually with the antidote to the German Gas.

Thank goodness they did not have it as they could have wiped out the allies numerous times prior to us finding the antidote. Even then we did not make enough of it to get to the field.

Eric

[Dennis Gelean (RIP)]

Text from the excellent book "Corvette Navy" the haunting story of men plucked in good health and spirit from a sinking ship by the escort Minas, in a matter of minutes they lay dead. Their Merchant ship had been carrying containers of poison gas for storage in the UK for retaliatory use in the event of a Nazi gas attack The torpedoing had released some of this fearful gas,
they were all doomed. add this to the Bari Italy incident and we can conclude
that both sides knew there was enough stockpiles of gas to kill everyone.

part of a chemical officer job was to check captured filters for changes, British civilian filters kept being added to, till they would not fit custom made carriers.

The USN did gas drills on their ships.