The ‘dumbing down’ of our population, and the re-writing of our history by the socialists has been ongoing at least since Pearson’s time.
Until the late 50s/early 60s, the Canadian military was something to be feared. Out of a population of less than 8 million in 1914, 620,000 served in the RCN and CEF. Out of a population of 11 million in 1939, over 1 million served in the RCAF, RCN, and Canadian Army.
The lie of the socialist for decades has been that Canada has always been a “peace keeping” nation. German survivors of the Battles of the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele would beg to differ! The Germans named the CEF ‘storm troopers’ as the Allies, facing defeat in late 1917, with the release of thousands of German troops from the Eastern Front, unleashed the very experienced and well organized Canadian First Army. Spearheading attacks on the Western Front, the CEF led the destruction and collapse of the German front lines, eventually leading to Armistice. In WW2, after Italy and Normandy, the Canadian Army was tasked with the less than glorious, and very difficult task of rooting out the Krauts from the Atlantic coast of Europe, capturing the heavily defended Scheldt Estuary and the Low Countries.
Decades of Liberal indifference to the military, and too much spending on useless social programs has turned many Canadians into ‘gibs me dats’. Sure, there are some social programs that I agree with, but over fifty years of multiple billions of transfers to Québec? NO WAY! Why should my hard earned income go to subsidize all the social programs in Québec? I believe in a hand up, not a hand out.
I notice reading the accounts of both world wars from the British military brass point of view, that they considered Canadians the most faithful “to the war effort cause” (defeating Germany) of their commonwealth countries. That says a lot, for the Aussies and New Zealanders were tough fighters.
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From the poutine website above:
Do you recall this story to be true? It’s pretty funny.
**In 2000, then U.S. Presidential candidate George W. Bush was asked by a “reporter” how he responds to an endorsement from Canadian Prime Minister “Jean Poutine”. Bush replied, “I appreciate his strong statment.[sic] He understands I believe in free trade. He understands I want to make sure our relations with our most important neighbor to the north of us, the Canadians, is strong and we’ll work closely together.” Of course, the prime minister at the time was Jean Chretien, and the “reporter” was Rick Mercer from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation comedy TV show, “This Hour Has 22 Minutes”. **
http://www.montrealpoutine.com/history.html