Most Canadians are broadly familiar with Canada’s great contribution to the war in Europe from Dieppe, Southern Italy and Normandy to the Falaise Gap and the liberation of Belgium and Holland.įar fewer Canadians know much about their 10,000 countrymen who fought in Alaska, flew missions over the Burma Hump with troops, ammunition and other supplies, and were pilots, navigators and gunners attached to Royal Air Force squadrons that attacked the Japanese in Malaya, Java (Indonesia) and elsewhere It is therefore perhaps a good time to revisit Canada’s part 75 years ago in the war against Japan.

With tensions on the boil again in the Indo-Pacific, the potential for Canadians becoming somehow drawn into a conflict between the West and China is rising. Infamously, Cosgrove put his signature on the wrong line, obliging all the allied officers who went after him to sign one line below where they were supposed to have.Ĭanadian troops were also to have been part of the invasion of Japan that was aborted after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Supreme Court Justice heard ‘serenading’ complainants before altercation ‘Gross incompetence:’ Man ticketed for contraband cigarettes says he was racially profiled.

Enhanced Canada Workers Benefit rolls out.Maybe you’re not sure about that lifestyle and you don’t want to sign on for a three-year or five-year contract. “Maybe you’ve never been out to sea before and you want to check it out. “It gives you an opportunity to see if it’s something you’d like to do,” he said. One-year recruits are paid about $42,000, with accommodation and food provided, O’Donohue said.Īnd applicants can choose to be based in Halifax or Esquimalt. Allowing permanent residents to join the navy means many more immigrants are eligible for the program. The navy is offering more young people a look into life at sea with a new Naval Experience Program, which lets people from 17-57 - citizens and permanent residents - sign up for a one-year trial. It’s one of the few places where you work with Canadians from all backgrounds, from across the entire country.” Article contentĪsked what he treasures most from his career he said, “The camaraderie. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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