All the king’s horses and all the king’s men and women shouldn’t be putting the coronavirus egg back together again

A premature, public relations optics-only deployment of the CAF is not going to help fix this broken egg called COVID-19.

Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, says the Canadian Armed Forces has plans in place and troops sequestered in anticipation of being called upon to assist with the COVID-19 response.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

April 1, 2020

OTTAWA—Late last week, U.S. President Donald Trump caused a diplomatic flap when he proposed sending American troops to the Canadian border. Trump was, of course, simply pandering to his voter base by acting as some great protector, deploying combat soldiers to keep COVID-19-infected Canadians fro...

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