"Erik Hersholt Nielsen" Queen's Privy Council for Canada/PC Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)/DFC Queen's Counsel/QC (February 24, 1924 – September 4, 2008) was a Canadians/Canadian politician, and longtime Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament of Canada/Parliament for Yukon (electoral district)/Yukon.

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I like the Army (planes) best, ... They're cool.

I waited and waited for a year and a half for them to announce who won, ... Jim Jeffords' office had to get involved. But, once they did select me, things worked a lot more smoothly.

It was a fun experience and it went quite well.

I actually sent them the piece, which they considered last year but didn't have enough time (to rehearse).

They were touring this year with a clarinetist, so I sent it to them, ... They agreed to do it.

The rhetoric was not there in the way it has been in the past, but we're still looking at a hike in March.