Wednesday, September 28

Aboriginals' New Gift to Canada

It was in the news that almost 20 major groups or tribes of Aboriginal people from the US and Canada had gathered together and signed  a treaty between themselves to use all of their power and authority to stop any pipeline going through the countries! Great! Thank you all!
The fact that the majority of Aboriginals in Canada do nothing and basically contribute nothing to the society, cannot be denied. They probably cannot get over the fact that Europeans came to their land more than 500 years ago and changed everything! They keep fighting! It's like the dirty and drunkard Native woman who once asked my wife for a change and when she said she didn't have any on her, the Native woman in shabby cloths while barely kept herself stood said: Get out of my country!
I have nothing against Aboriginals and in fact I like them a lot. I had a buddy who was a young Aboriginal boy in my first job. My previous banker was an Aboriginal lady but what can I say. I'm not responsible for the drunkard ones who roam around the streets of Calgary and collect recyclables. These people don't work and don't let the others work as well! I don't say that pipeline have no environmental affects but people have been out of work for months! Revenues are low! Should we just all sit back and look at the sky, counting the clouds going by?! Maybe that's what the Aboriginal like because that what their ancestors used to do more than 600 years ago! 
It's a different world today. I bet the ones who agreed to the new treaty are all the ones who by big pick-up trucks and for themselves without giving a Penny to their tribe members. This was in the news a while ago. The only remaining point here is why they have not opposed to the new pipeline in BC for LNG?! Have they missed it? Is that because the pipeline is for Liquefied Natural Gas and not Crude Oil?! A pipeline harms the environment. Won't' the other one?
(Photo: This map shows the north part of BC where the project will take place, if approved)

Monday, September 26

Trudeau Stomps on Canadian Values

When it comes to money no one ever prioritize anything over that. These fucking liars who always carry a flag of democracy, human rights and bullshits like that, when see an opportunity to make money, forget about all of them. 
The previous government led by Harper shut down the fucking embassy of the Islamic Murderers Republic of Iran (IMRI) in Sep. 2012 (four great years has passed) now this disgusting, phony government led by Trudeau attempts to reopen the embassy because they see themselves in shit and are trying to sell stuff to Iran to make a few million bucks!  
Another example is the recent trip of Trudeau to China to beg their Premier to let Canola Oil  in. In exchange Canada has to extradite the Chinese who fled the country and made of a story of oppression or similar to use cheques and other facilities that the government provides to these bastards! I guess Trudeau has reached a deal on that. 
One interesting question was asked from the moron foreign minister of the current government, Dion. This idiot barely speaks English and a few years ago was running against Harper. I remember a reporter asked him a question and he didn't even understood it! He's a joke! This time he was asked whether Canada has seen any willingness from their Iranian counterpart to restart relationship. He provided a bullshit answer and added that there are issues with Iran that they consider seriously, such as human rights and bullshits like that! The reporter came back with: Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest human rights violators in the world. Why hasn't Canada never showed concern about that?! The moron obviously provided another nonsense answer with his silly accent!
(Photo: This is what we've seen from Trudeau so far! Photographing himself with others! In this cartoon which I'm bringing here with the permission of its artist, he or she depicts how the big beast of deficit is in all of the photos and he ignores that!)

Friday, September 23

The CAF Medical Examination

I was medically examined by two CAF officers shortly after the interview, probably less than 2 hours but that's not a routine. It all depends on their schedule. The examination is pretty straightforward and easy. It doesn't take long either. The only important part was that I have Gout and I had to indicate that in my form and I did. For that they gave me a from to give it to a physician. He or she is required to provide information and his professional opinion on that. I, too, was given another form which requires the applicant to undergo three lab tests. This is for people the age of 40! So I guess whoever wanted always to know how old I am, got his or her answer!
I went to a nearby clinic the same afternoon and was visited by a physician. Then the next morning I went to a nearby laboratory and got the tests done. The who process cost me $140
The result was available the next day and the physician filled out both of the forms. I then made a copy of each and gave the originals to the CAF office. 
Now all I have to do is to make myself ready for the Basic Officer Training Qualification, which is a tough one and then wait for them to contact me to go to Quebec. I hope they find me qualified enough and worthy of enrollment.
(Photo: I selected this cartoon just to have something illustrated for the post. It does not resemble my health situation or anything!) 

Wednesday, September 21

My CAF Interview

I was interviewed by a CAF officer finally after almost a year when I first start my application! The last time I had an application with them it took me nearly 5 years to be invited to the interview! I turned that down because I though the bastards who had hired me, would keep me for a long time. Now I'm out of work for over 11 months!
The interview was easier that I had expected. I had thought that would be a panel interview, officers sitting around, watching me carefully and asking tough questions! It was only one gentleman and the questions were not that tough! Maybe because I have participated in so many interviews and passed many. There were forms to be signed and initialed and I did. At the end I was told I passed but that's just the beginning of the challenge! 
First of all there's no opening for the position until 2017! There is demand for the job but the number is limited and of course there are other applicants. All the people who are interviewed will be scored and of course the one with the highest score is enrolled. 
Secondly there's Basic Officer Training Qualification which is held within a few days after enrollment. This is a really tough one which if the person cannot pass it (imagine how embarrassing it would be!), he or she would be sent for training for up to 90 days. At the end of the period if he cannot pass it again, he or she will be given a ticket home! I don't think it's very tough but it's not easy either. 
If the prospective officer passes the BOTQ, then a contract for 8 years will be signed. I guess if I have a chance, I have to improve it by going back to my weightlifting exercises as there will be a lot for enrollment!
(Photo: Canadian soldiers training their Ukrainian partners. This is not the job that I have applied for. Not that there's anything wrong with that! Ukrainians can be easily distinguished by their Kalashnikov. Photo courtesy of CAF Twitter. I guess Canada's interest in Ukrain goes back to the years of Soviet Union when many of them left the country and came to Canada, I don't know legally or illegally. Not that there's much difference! Wayne Gretzky is originally Ukrainian but I'm sure he's never been there and non of his kids has any interest in that country. They are probably down in the US or somewhere in Ontario! Again, not that there's anything wrong with that!)  

Tuesday, September 20

Firearms Safety Course (Non-Restricted)

The job market is so bad these days that even Security Guards and Painters are having a tough time getting hours. I heard that from them in this short course I took: Firearms Safety Course (Non-restricted). I hating hunting. There's not many animals left on the plant. They killed them all. The majority left are the one which they rise for food. I did this job mainly for my application with CBSA, if I ever given the chance. This is a good course particularly for someone such as me who knows nothing about firearms and had never touched one until attending this course. I even didn't know what Non-restricted mean! Now I know there are three main classifications for firearms in Canada:
  • Non-restricted.
  • Restricted
  • Prohibited
Non-restricted is the firearm that you can own, if you pass this course. Restricted is the one that law enforcement people use. Prohibited is the one that as the name suggests is prohibited to have in possession. I think only members of the Forces can use them.
The class was consisted of different people with different backgrounds, mainly Caucasians, mostly with dirty and smudged cloths, slippers, wired haircuts and big bellies! It is obvious that these people have been dealing with firearms for years and got caught a few times and now they decided to get the licence and save their asses of more trouble. Many of them knew most of the things presented in the class. There was disgusting, pot-bellied, ugly woman with her two sons. This creature was probably the nastiest that I had ever seen in any course, even worse than a cockroach! Aggressive, load, rude and I don't judge people based on how they look or dress but disgusting in appearance as well, talking nonsense all the time! 
Others were including an Oriental woman, probably a Chinese, an Indian guy with gelled hair(!) an Italian, a Black guy and a few more. Our instructor, a former CPS officer and a pot-bellied as well was not bad but there were many sections of the book that he said it was not important and then I saw a question from it! Usually courses which take 1 day to a week are useless and the student needs to study. This one is a 2-day course and the cost is by donation only! So you can imagine what the result would be! Obviously these people offer this course with the hope that people come later and use other programs of them, which is not bad but not for me. I was there for something else as I mentioned earlier. 
The exam is at the end of the second day, of course. We sat for an hour for the second part of the course and after that the True/False and Multiple-choice questions, 50 of them were provided. I didn't do well and I thought for a minute that there would even be a chance for me to fail because I had not studied very well but I passed. Then the people were called to separate rooms and the practical exam was held which was not bad actually. You need to be confident and know all these stuff to be able to use firearms safely. I had a few issues, particularly with the shotgun shells but I passed this one as well. Now that I will be soon doing the Restricted course, I know what I should do: Read the damn book from A to Z and master it because unlike they say anything could be a question. They do not prepare the questions. The RCMP does. So you don't want to listen to them on this particular part.
(Photo: A lever action firearm. Now after years of watching Western and War movies I finally know what some of the moves that actors do mean! Photo courtesy of Grizzly custom guns)

Sunday, September 18

Knocked Down LPI Examination

I received the result of LPI examination yesterday. I came a little late from The Chef's place and realized I had an e-mail from them. This is unofficial result. The official result would be sent to the related organizations that I listed them at the time of registration. They no longer require that as they both kicked me in the balls but this shows that I am good at everything they wanted me to be: I'm physically fit and that's why I passed the related test easily, I passed the interview, I got LPI 5 while they only need LPI 4 and I'm quite sure that I would not have had any issue with other requirements and qualification, had I been given the chance. It's OK. Fuck it, I'd say! That was not an easy job and the only reason I decided to do that was this long-term unemployment and lack of enough jobs in the society. After all I've been writing, reading and listening to this language. I bet I would have gotten LPI 6, had I studied a little harder and was not tired before the exam as a result of lack of enough sleep after 12 hours drive!
(Photo: This table show what each level of LPI or Language Proficiency Index mean. Mine is highlighted in yellow)