Money For War But Not To Save Lives

For search and rescue operations and patrolling the West Coast and B.C. mountains Canadians rely on the aging CC-116 Buffalo planes. However the 41-year-old CC-115 Buffalos are old and not going to last. But Stephen Harper and his Conservative government refuse to replace them until 2015 even though reports have shown that 2015 is too long since the planes will be 48 years old then and most likely not even operating anymore. Why is the government not buying new search and rescue planes to help save Canadian lives? Because their focus is on the war and continued occupation of Afghanistan. Last year they spent $3.4-billion for gigantic C-17 cargo-lifter planes for the Afghanistan war.