Canadian Forces and Stephen Harper

Canada: Stephen Harper spent years trying to sell Canadians on a new narrative – about Canada as a nation that keenly shoulders heavy burdens in real wars, having shaken off that girlie peacekeeping stuff, according to Toronto Star. Harper government ads for the Canadian Forces have shunned peacekeeping images and instead urge young Canadians to fight chaos; fight terror; fight with the Canadian Forces. During Conservatives’ dark era we have seen a dramatic shift in how Canada now operates in the world, moving from peacekeeping to war mongering. A nation that has championed internationalism, the deliverers of humanitarian assistance under the UN umbrella, including efforts aimed at prevention of armed conflict, protection of civilians, peace-building, disarmament and international humanitarian law has moved to its uncharacteristic culture of militarism. Today, Canada is allied with the lawlessness in its phony war on terrorism under Harper flag-pumping jingoism. For decades Canada was a star international performer participating in virtually every UN peacekeeping mission, however, it has now disappeared from the scene, preferring aggressive intervention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.