Memory is armour: Why military history is key for national security policy

As we face an era in which the prospect of war is rising and tyranny appears ascendant, it's time for our nation to start remembering our proud history of military strength and military mass production.

Our federal, provincial, and even municipal governments should be doing everything they can to restore and strengthen this memory, through the refurbishing of old bases and monuments, the production of new monuments to Canadian war heroes, an expanded military history high school curriculum taught to all students, ad campaigns on all possible platforms, renewed recruiting drives, and much more.

Doing so will deepen public support for more investment in our military and national security, and reconnect us to a core part of who we are as Canadians.

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