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minus-squareTheFeatureCreaturelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·19 hours agoMilitary service is a hard concept to grasp when you’re sitting comfy at home, not a care in the world and all the conflicts are “over there”. It’s a very different story when there is an existential threat looming over your head, weighing on your shoulders like a mountain. Canada’s armed forces is already meeting its yearly recruitment targets due to repeated threats of invasion from the United States.
Military service is a hard concept to grasp when you’re sitting comfy at home, not a care in the world and all the conflicts are “over there”.
It’s a very different story when there is an existential threat looming over your head, weighing on your shoulders like a mountain. Canada’s armed forces is already meeting its yearly recruitment targets due to repeated threats of invasion from the United States.