The messenger is shooting itself in the foot

The public affairs branch has only undermined the trust that the public has in the Canadian Armed Forces.

The Canadian public does not want their military to modify their behaviour, fabricate phoney wolf threats, spy on the public’s social media, or keep files on individual journalists, writes Scott Taylor.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

October 28, 2020

OTTAWA—These days it would seem that the public affairs branch of the Canadian Armed Forces is their own worst enemy. First, it was the revelation in the media that as part of its new policy of “weaponizing” public affairs, DND has spent more than $1-million on behavioural modification trainin...

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