Maybe the DART team bosses are trying to rent some old DC9's.

During the Saskatchewan forest fires of 2 years ago, members of the PPCLI regiment sent from Edmonton had to rent cars from Avis and Budget to get to Saskatchewan from Edmonton. Their own transports were either out of service or already in use.

I have only moderate sympathy for the short term discomfort of the tourists stranded - but the charade of Canadian military readiness, to respond to any crisis, needs to be exposed.

Morale in the Canadian Forces is at an all time lows. The men and women who are enlisted in the Forces want to serve Canada and Canadians, but they need equipment and they need leaders who do not have feet of clay and heads of sand.