Ahh too much fun.
Notice that the important person here- B.Gen. MacKenzie ret. basically said it was a crock of crap. That is because that fine gentleman was and probably is the best commander the Can army ever got in his generation.
His contemporaries and predeccesors are a bunch of toejamlicking politicized cowards tards and inept rank climbers. Don't be surprised by anything they come out with or do- they created an army where generals outnumbred AFV's during the 90's.
Much of the attitude towards the armed forces in Canada comes from the odd belief that you only joined because you failed high school. Thus most of the servicemen get held in a contemptuous way by anyone who has not served themselves in the armed forces. Canadians are still obsessed by a belief that they are a "militia" people, where anyone naturally born in the country can pick up a rifle and be the best soldier that ever walked the earth.
Yet it has been the highly proffesional trained and motivated armed forces they have that does all the work, and then gets mostly ignored.
As a whole it is too strange to explain, only experienced. Generally they are a confused people who believe right wing polotic yet vote left wing politicians. Hate their tax load yet demand incredible amounts of social services. Complain about becoming americanized yet cannot define a culture of thier own (besides anti-americanism).
Don't try and understand. It will just make your head hurt.
