Canada's Hawkish Foreign Policy at Odds with Popular Priorities
Submitted on August 17, 2011
By Paul Weinberg - Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The military lobby has sought to re-brand Canada "as a nation forged in fire", dating back to World War I when the country lost about 60,000 soldiers in combat..."I don't believe it has been entirely successful..."The military has gone on a huge public relations campaign at our expense since 2006...to increase a military presence at public gatherings and sports. To try to convince Canadians that the military must be a central institution in Canadian life and indeed that military spending should go up."
