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Left-wing political moonbat activist group The Council of Canadians passed a resolution at its recent annual meeting calling for military recruiters to be banned from high school job fairs across the country.
Cliff White, spokesman for the council in the Atlantic region, said the move is partly in response to Canada’s current mission.“The fact that we’ve moved from peacekeeping to war fighting…the traditional role of the military has changed,” he said.
Peacekeeping, of course, is perfectly safe and hazard-free for Canadian armed services personnel. No one ever gets hurt in some war-torn country trying to keep the peace between two (or more) bitterly opposed factions who may or may not want to be peaceful. War fighting, on the other hand—that is dangerous.
Mr White has a rather myopic view of Canadian military “tradition”. I recall reading that Canada’s brave soldiers, sailors, and airmen have actually fought in a few wars here and there. I even heard that from my father, a World War II veteran.
White also said recruiters don’t portray the life of military personnel accurately for students.
“They’re often recruited on the basis of a career or a job, of getting a better education and so forth,” he said.
“But the other side of that is that they are also going to be required to put their lives on the line.
“Once you’ve joined the military, you’re told to go fight, and you go fight, you don’t have the option of saying ‘I don’t agree with that so I’m going to stay home’.”
You are kidding me. Canadian high-school students are joining Canada’s armed forces without realising that they may have to carry a weapon and go into combat under fire? That is outrageous. Students with so little knowledge of the world shouldn't be allowed to graduate. Duh.
If the Council opposes military recruitment because members could die, then they must also be in favour of banning the RCMP and other police organisations from high school job fairs.
A spokeswoman for Canadian Forces recruitment in Halifax says that recruiters only attend job fairs when invited, and they discuss all aspects of military life with potential recruits.
Over in Prince Edward Island, the Minister of Education has publicly rejected the council’s request.
Education Minister Gerard Greenan told CBC News Tuesday he could see no reason to prevent the Armed Forces from attending school job fairs.
"Joining the military is a valid career and we would see no reason why those people recruiting for the military wouldn't be included in our job fairs or school fairs that our high school students are exposed to," said Greenan.
Likewise, the Halifax Regional School Board has not heard any complaints about military recruiters in schools and has no plans to disallow their presence.
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