FUREY: An idea worth talking about: mandatory national service for Canadian youth

Canada’s social fabric is changing, fraying perhaps, ever so slightly. Charitable donations, volunteerism and membership in community associations are slowly but steadily on the decline.

While there’s no one-stop solution to such a broad problem, there’s one idea Canadians ought to consider as election season nears: The introduction of some form of national service on a federal scale.

True North’s Anthony Furey discusses.

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