Canada just weighed in on the situation in Ukraine and has demanded that nine Russian soldiers be out of their country within 24 hours. While the rest of the global community tries to decide which side to fall on Canada made a very clear choice Thursday afternoon.



CTV News is now reporting:



The soldiers who were participating in military exercises in Canada have been expelled from the country, as Ottawa continues to denounce Russia’s military intervention in Crimea, CTV News has learned. A government source confirmed that the soldiers were informed Thursday afternoon that they had 24 hours to leave Canada.



Six of the soldiers were in Saint-Jean, Que., where they were leaning English and French. Another two soldiers were participating in a training program at CFB Gagetown, and the ninth soldier was teaching Canadian soldiers Russian in Gatineau, Que. Lawmakers in Crimea voted unanimously Thursday to leave Ukraine and join Russia. They have scheduled a referendum for March 16 so voters can weigh in on the decision. The vote was denounced by the international community.



In his statement, Harper once again criticized Russia’s incursion into the Crimean peninsula as “an act of aggression, a clear violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, and of international law.



“Canada will not recognize a referendum held in a region currently under illegal military occupation. We will continue to view the situation in Ukraine with the gravest concern and will continue to cooperate closely with our G-7 partners and like-minded allies,” the prime minister said in a statement.



Later, after question period, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said “you can’t have a valid referendum in 10 days.” “It’s unacceptable and it’s wrong and we won’t recognize it,” he told reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons.

What else can you expect from a government committed to a queen that represents why these united States are free. I say government because I respect the Canadian people, especially those Canadians that have woken to the tyranny of their government.

Get out, you hosers.

i guess i'm missing something here... crimea's parliament voted that wanted russian intervention, but yet the rest of the world is mad?

just like the US, peoples vote doesn't mean anything anymore...

thats right, aye?

The bankers have spoken! Putins gotta go!

They don't like anyone who doesn't support the Rothschilds IMF and central banks!

Bankers don't care what their actions does to a country or its economy. They'll just absorb it into another under their control and continue the theft.

Crimea has no say in this. Perhaps they feel that with Putin their chances are better.....

The rest of the world is not mad, that is but the byline of the mass media.

Just like they keep saying Russia invaded. Duh, they already had 16,000 troops there as per the terms of their treaty. All they have done is come out from their base at the request of the autonomous elected government of Crimea to keep the peace. Done a dang great job so far.

Oh but they do care, they want to suck it dry.

i really haven't seen what Russia did wrong... I take it Iraq and Afghanistan was a better invade than this? and Russia did it without killing thousands of people...

The only thing Russia has done wrong is to block the illegal moves of the world bankers, specifically the IMF, the fruit loop arm of the Federal Reserve and Bank of England.