Comments on: The Crown in British Columbia http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:25 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Stephen http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Stephen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:36:02 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1769 I came across this post when I was doing a google search and noticed an error: The Royal Proclamation was read by His Honour's Private Secretary Herb LeRoy and not the CJ. The Chief Justice of BC was only witnessing the oath, signed the appointment scroll and presented him with the Order of British Columbia. I came across this post when I was doing a google search and noticed an error: The Royal Proclamation was read by His Honour’s Private Secretary Herb LeRoy and not the CJ. The Chief Justice of BC was only witnessing the oath, signed the appointment scroll and presented him with the Order of British Columbia.

]]> By: Splendor Sine Occasu http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Splendor Sine Occasu Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:47:14 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1768 Thank you for this post. As a British Columbian, I was very proud to see our new Lieutenant Governor (pronounced leftenant, btw) wearing the traditional court uniform. God Save the Queen God Save British Columbia Thank you for this post. As a British Columbian, I was very proud to see our new Lieutenant Governor (pronounced leftenant, btw) wearing the traditional court uniform.

God Save the Queen
God Save British Columbia

]]> By: The Monarchist http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 The Monarchist Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:36:31 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1767 Blast you, Andrew. You always snag the best pics! P.W., It amazes me to this day that Canada has more Scottish regiments than the Scots. The British should follow our lead and save their historic regiments, even if it means rolling them into the militia and reducing them down to a shell of their former size. When regiments reside only in the regular force, they become dangerously susceptible to reorganization and reorganization again. Much better to have minimal regular Army regiments with oversized battalions, with the vast majority of regiments geographically dispersed as reserve elements which act as feeder units to the regular force. Canada has only three chock-filled regiments in its full-time Land Forces, but has maintained nearly 100 of its Great War and Second World War era regiments safely inside the reserve militia. The man who devised this defence policy way back when deserves much more than a medal, to say the least. Blast you, Andrew. You always snag the best pics!

P.W., It amazes me to this day that Canada has more Scottish regiments than the Scots. The British should follow our lead and save their historic regiments, even if it means rolling them into the militia and reducing them down to a shell of their former size. When regiments reside only in the regular force, they become dangerously susceptible to reorganization and reorganization again. Much better to have minimal regular Army regiments with oversized battalions, with the vast majority of regiments geographically dispersed as reserve elements which act as feeder units to the regular force. Canada has only three chock-filled regiments in its full-time Land Forces, but has maintained nearly 100 of its Great War and Second World War era regiments safely inside the reserve militia. The man who devised this defence policy way back when deserves much more than a medal, to say the least.

]]> By: Philip Warren http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1766 Philip Warren Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:39:17 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1766 I do admire our British cousins as well, where would American liberty be without the Scots especially. It is good to see the Queen has a man in BC. After all, the way the Liberal Party/Banking interests are going after her, she might very well need refuge soon. Hopefully, the Royal Navy has a more than a rowboat by the time she has to flee. She could always retreat to Balmoral and surround herself with her Highland Regiments-Oh, I forgot they are getting rid of them as well. Plenty, of them left in Canada- for now. I do admire our British cousins as well, where would American liberty be without the Scots especially. It is good to see the Queen has a man in BC. After all, the way the Liberal Party/Banking interests are going after her, she might very well need refuge soon. Hopefully, the Royal Navy has a more than a rowboat by the time she has to flee. She could always retreat to Balmoral and surround herself with her Highland Regiments-Oh, I forgot they are getting rid of them as well. Plenty, of them left in Canada- for now.

]]> By: Andrew Cusack http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Andrew Cusack Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:30:11 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1765 Ha! The Marines! I may be crazy, but I don't have the particularly brilliant type of lunacy required to be an officer in the United States Marine Corps. (Perhaps someone at <i>Patum Peperium</i> might). Anyhow, I fail to see how an appreciation of other places can be interpreted as "treating my country poorly". It is not a patriot but a bigot who interprets praise of others as denigration of ourselves. And "old oppressor"? I don't recall the day when the States were under the wicked Canadian jackboot. I'll have to dig deep to find those photos of the Governor-General's Horse Guards parading in triumph down Broadway as part of the Canadian Army of Occupation. Ha! The Marines! I may be crazy, but I don’t have the particularly brilliant type of lunacy required to be an officer in the United States Marine Corps. (Perhaps someone at Patum Peperium might).

Anyhow, I fail to see how an appreciation of other places can be interpreted as “treating my country poorly”. It is not a patriot but a bigot who interprets praise of others as denigration of ourselves.

And “old oppressor”? I don’t recall the day when the States were under the wicked Canadian jackboot. I’ll have to dig deep to find those photos of the Governor-General’s Horse Guards parading in triumph down Broadway as part of the Canadian Army of Occupation.

]]> By: Philip Warren http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Philip Warren Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:17:45 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1764 Such a strange boy you are, Cusack. Such cringing behavior before the old oppressor. You should really stop treating your nation so poorly. One so enthralled with tradition and aristocratic virtues might make an American man yet: <a href="http://officer.marines.com/" rel="nofollow">http://officer.marines.com/</a> Such a strange boy you are, Cusack. Such cringing behavior before the old oppressor. You should really stop treating your nation so poorly. One so enthralled with tradition and aristocratic virtues might make an American man yet:

http://officer.marines.com/

]]> By: Harold http://www.andrewcusack.com/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1763 Harold Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:55:43 +0000 http://www.andrewcusack.com/net/2007/10/03/the-crown-in-british-columbia/#comment-1763 Andrew - Thank you for this post. I really enjoy keeping up with the ceremonial of the Commonwealth. And, BC is an absolutely outstanding province. As a native Tennessean it is interesting to note that the BC Legislative Buildings are made of Tennessee stone. Harold Andrew -

Thank you for this post. I really enjoy keeping up with the ceremonial of the Commonwealth. And, BC is an absolutely outstanding province. As a native Tennessean it is interesting to note that the BC Legislative Buildings are made of Tennessee stone.

Harold

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