Bruce Forsyth

Author's details

Name: Bruce Forsyth
Date registered: April 23, 2014
URL: https://militarybruce.com

Biography

Bruce Forsyth served in the Royal Canadian Navy Reserve for 13 years (1987-2000). He served with units in Toronto, Hamilton & Windsor and worked or trained at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Halifax, CFB Petawawa, CFB Kingston, CFB Toronto, Camp Borden, The Burwash Training Area and LFCA Training Centre Meaford.

Latest posts

  1. The United Nations has irreparably lost its way — September 25, 2026
  2. I want the truth, even if you can’t handle it! — September 25, 2026
  3. Sarnia’s VIA Rail Station a reminder of the once grand era of railroading in Canada — September 23, 2026
  4. Menesetung Bridge – Historic railway bridge in Goderich saved for use as a rail trail — September 16, 2026
  5. A Pheonix rising from the ashes – Detroit’s Michigan Central Railway Station — September 16, 2026

Most commented posts

  1. Canadian Army Training Centres of WWII — 76 comments
  2. Canada should issue a Cold War Victory Medal to its military — 45 comments
  3. Watching the Skies – The RCAF Ground Observer Corps — 35 comments
  4. Lament for the PMQ? — 25 comments
  5. Camp Borden – The birthplace of the RCAF and the historic home of the Canadian Armoured Corps — 25 comments

Author's posts listings

Feb 02 2009

Freeze out the rich bureaucrats

February 2009   Re: Christina Blizzard’s “Freeze out rich bureaucrats” (Feb 1), one of the things that really stuck out for me was the paragraph….”government compares public sector salaries with the private sector to arrive at a reasonable level of compensation”. As a (low level) public servant for the past 22 years, I think this …

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Feb 01 2009

Even in a recession there are still opportunities

February 2009 With Canada and much of the world in an economic recession, things can seem pretty bleak. For those who still have a job, the prospect of future job loss or pay-cuts are a constant fear. Although those working in the manufacturing sector, especially automotive are being hit the hardest, even white collar workers …

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Jan 31 2009

TTC needs the police

February 2009   Re: Another TTC shooting (February 24), it’s high time Toronto Transit Commission Special Constables were given full police status and issued side-arms. Although Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has promised to increase the police presence on the TTC system, it’s simply not enough. By default, Chief Blair has admitted that an armed …

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Jan 01 2009

The right to quit

January 2009 Regarding Mireille Levesque’s letter, (The right to quit, 1 January 2009), I absolutely agree that American war resisters/deserters should have the right to quit the military. Or, put another way, they should have the right to be dishonourably kicked out of the military after they finish serving their sentences in a military prison. …

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Dec 02 2008

Stark raving mad

Published in the Toronto Sun 3 December 2008 To the leaders of the Opposition parties, there is really no eloquent way of putting this, so I will say it this way: HAVE YOU GONE F$@&ING MAD!!! Do you really think that Canadians want either another election or a Liberal-NDP-Bloc Quebecois coalition government?! You may interpret …

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Nov 09 2008

Fabled fighting Gurkhas honoured – WWII Rifleman Pun’s Service changed Brit immigration laws

Written by Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun It didn’t get much attention in Canada at the time, but caused such an uproar in Britain that it persuaded the government last year to amend its immigration policies.

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Oct 02 2008

SIU not so toothless

October 2008   As a serving police officer, I can tell you that even a “toothless SIU” still scares many police officers, especially the honest ones. Even though many of their staff are ex-cops, has no one heard on the Professional Standards Branch (Internal Affaris to American cop-show watchers). The job of these officers is …

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Oct 01 2008

Manufacturing job losses

October 2008   With all the job losses in the manufacturing sector, I thought I would chime in with my two cents.

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Sep 30 2008

Toronto’s 30 Nothings

October 2008 Regarding Andrew Ross’ article “Toronto’s 30-nothing generation needs help (Toronto Sun, 26 October 2008); now I don’t know Mr. Ross’ specific situation; however, there are some things that are way off base in his article.

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Sep 07 2008

Abandoned aerodrome once played an important role in Canadian military aviation

Published in the The Rivers Banner 8 September 2008 (Updated May 2016) Longtime residents of the Rivers area will probably remember a time when the air buzzed with the sound of RCAF aircraft from an airfield south-west of Rivers. Early in the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Air Force entered into an ambitious project: …

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