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Time to change the name to "Highway of Morons."
That highway salutes veterans, i.e. those that served in war and survived to return to civilian life, not soldiers who died in combat. Until the Highway of Heros idea, we had nothing in Canada beyond war memorials, cenotaphs and the National Military Cemetery to recognize our soldiers that die in service to Canada. That said, I do not support the Route of Heros idea at all - the HOH/401 has it covered.Highway 416 is already the Veteran's Memorial Highway.
By then we'd better be out of Afghanistan, otherwise every dead soldier brought home will be a beacon against whomever the PM is at that time. Of course there's talk of extending the mission with non-combat roles, but even if they're replacing DND with CIDA guys, as soon as the first one comes home in a bag post-2011 the Canadian public will begin to howl. Rightfully so too, we were in the Second World War for six years, the First World War for four years and Korea for about three years. We've been in Afghanistan for more than seven years now - time to come home.What happens when the final destination, the Coroner's office, is moved to the new Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex, just started construction at the south-west section of Wilson and Keele. It is expected to be completed in 2012. Will a short section of roadway to the complex get the new name?
That highway salutes veterans, i.e. those that served in war and survived to return to civilian life, not soldiers who died in combat. Until the Highway of Heros idea, we had nothing in Canada beyond war memorials, cenotaphs and the National Military Cemetery to recognize our soldiers that die in service to Canada. That said, I do not support the Route of Heros idea at all - the HOH/401 has it covered.
Time to change the name to "Highway of Morons."
Since they all end up in the coroner's office in Toronto, maybe we should push for calling Toronto "Heroville". It has a nice ring.
And our new City Hall can be a knockoff of Cincinnati's Union Terminal, to boot
How do you figure that? "All the wars combined" for Canada would be 45,500 dead in the Second World War, 67,000 dead in the First World War, 1,558 dead in the Korean War, 267 dead in the Boer War, and so far 147 dead in Afghanistan. So, omitting those Canadian soldiers killed in Gulf War 1, the Balkans, etc., that's over 114,000 dead Canadian soldiers from "all the wars combined".Perhaps the DVP should named in remembrance of the children who died in the Canadian residential schools instead. After all, the student death toll in the schools is almost as high the soldier death toll in all the wars combined.