Re: [Paddlewise] incident on Lake Superior

>At 17:17 9/25/98 -0700,   Dave Kruger <dkruger_at_pacifier.com> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
>Wonder what the Canadians are doing differently which allows their CG to
>monitor paddlers so much better?
>
>-- 
>Dave Kruger
>Astoria, OR

less drug interdiction? that's one of the biggest uses of coast guard 
budget, although not so much in the northwest, but south. and if the CG 
is like the US navy, they run most all their bases the same, reguardless
of location. i'm not up in the CG at all. my impression from talking with
the canadian navy, was we monitor the continent far more, and further out,
they monitor the shoreline better. although their navy's "stealth colored"
ships are pretty cool. talked with quite a few while my ship was in halifax.
so they have a close by navy, do they also have a CG, if the navy monitors
close to shore, it allow the CD to really monitor the small stuff. [my 
humble observations, i speak with no true knowlegde of their military
policies]

mark

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