By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON August 16, 2011 The federal government announced today that the ships at sea, which have been until now known as the Maritime Command, will now again be referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy and the air force would be known as the Royal Canadian Air Force.
They were always the Royal Canadian Navy. The government just forgot to use the words for the last 45 years.
In 1968 then Minister of Defense Paul Hellyer, took away the Royal reference as part of his drive to integrate the three armed forces.
Now perhaps they will fly the white ensign and get things back to where they were before the politicians got silly.
Finally, some common sense and a respect for tradition and history has returned to the country. Hopefully they will serve us a double ration of rum today.
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