- Aug 6, 2012
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May those who lost so much R.I.P. Canadians need to be more supportive of our military and prove that we care. 
Any Canadian official, politician, cop, Creepy One or person in authority who abuses the rights of another that so many men and women fought and died for spits on the memories of these men. May they be judged by a higher power in the most appropriate way.
nationalpost.com
As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, it is worth recapping a point that ought to be obvious but is often overlooked: while the day has come to serve as a time to remember veterans of all our wars and missions, it began as an observance of the end of a particular war. One hundred and three years ago today, the guns on the Western front fell silent after four years of carnage during what was then called the Great War. Sixty thousand Canadians were among the millions lost in that world-altering conflict, which the people at the time hoped would mark the end of war. Alas, as we know now, it simply set the stage for the larger conflict that came a generation later. The world still hasn’t fully sorted out the consequences of that one.
Our veterans of the First World War are all gone now, of course. The last one passed away in 2010. Indeed, it’s getting harder to find Second World War veterans, especially those who remain in good health. As a child, school assemblies on Nov. 11 would almost always include a Second World War veteran in a blue jacket with a chest full of metals. These men (and a woman, one year) seemed ancient to all the kids sitting on the gymnasium floor, but really, they were probably just barely entering their retirement years, or even still working. If the weather was good on any given November 11 back then, there was a very real chance they were taking time away from the golf course to talk to a group of school kids who couldn’t even begin to imagine the things that they had seen and done.
Any Canadian official, politician, cop, Creepy One or person in authority who abuses the rights of another that so many men and women fought and died for spits on the memories of these men. May they be judged by a higher power in the most appropriate way.
Matt Gurney: Canada's soldiers are always there for us. The least we could do is be there for them
Matt Gurney: Canada's soldiers are always there for us. The least we could do is be there for them
As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, it is worth recapping a point that ought to be obvious but is often overlooked: while the day has come to serve as a time to…
nationalpost.com
As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, it is worth recapping a point that ought to be obvious but is often overlooked: while the day has come to serve as a time to remember veterans of all our wars and missions, it began as an observance of the end of a particular war. One hundred and three years ago today, the guns on the Western front fell silent after four years of carnage during what was then called the Great War. Sixty thousand Canadians were among the millions lost in that world-altering conflict, which the people at the time hoped would mark the end of war. Alas, as we know now, it simply set the stage for the larger conflict that came a generation later. The world still hasn’t fully sorted out the consequences of that one.
Our veterans of the First World War are all gone now, of course. The last one passed away in 2010. Indeed, it’s getting harder to find Second World War veterans, especially those who remain in good health. As a child, school assemblies on Nov. 11 would almost always include a Second World War veteran in a blue jacket with a chest full of metals. These men (and a woman, one year) seemed ancient to all the kids sitting on the gymnasium floor, but really, they were probably just barely entering their retirement years, or even still working. If the weather was good on any given November 11 back then, there was a very real chance they were taking time away from the golf course to talk to a group of school kids who couldn’t even begin to imagine the things that they had seen and done.
