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  • Support troops theme causes social group to drop float from Canada Day parade

    07/01/2006 4:59:04 PM PDT · by FreedomCalls · 22 replies · 843+ views
    National Post (Canada) ^ | Saturday, July 01, 2006 | Dirk Meissner
    VICTORIA (CP) - The annual Canada Day parade in the seaside community of Parksville will have one less float Saturday because a local group opposes what it calls the American-dominated military theme of this year's parade. The decision by parade organizer, the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce, to sell T-shirts with the message Support Our Troops has started an ideological war of words in this normally tranquil tourism and retirement community located about 150 kilometres northeast of Victoria. The decision to sell T-shirts, for $10 each, was made to raise money to offset parade costs and send a message...