Feds now calling it Canadian ‘Armed’ Forces, critics say move illustrates government’s preoccupation with military
The federal government has begun officially referring to the Canadian Forces as the Canadian Armed Forces in departmental statements and speeches, a name change that one of Canada’s leading peace groups says will turn the Defence Department into a ‘political actor’ in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s efforts to expand his party’s conservative base.
PARLIAMENT HILL—The federal government has begun officially referring to the Canadian Forces as the Canadian Armed Forces in departmental statements and speeches, a name change that one of Canada’s leading peace groups says will turn the Defence Department into a “political act...
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