The Liberal government is politicizing the Canadian Armed Forces and pushing an agenda to embed critical race theory onto servicemembers, a group of veterans warned in a recent episode of the Andrew Lawton Show.
Veterans 4 Freedom president Drew MacGillivray and member Tom Marazzo reacted to an exclusive report by True North revealing that a vast majority of the latest issue of the Canadian Military Journal was devoted to disparaging “whiteness” and claiming that the Canadian Armed Forces was founded on racism.
Both Marazzo and MacGillivray have a history of service in the military, holding the ranks of captain and lieutenant (Navy), respectively.
“I find it completely offensive, to be perfectly honest,” said Marazzo.
“Much of the discourse that is currently prevalent appears detached from the true essence of military service, emphasizing political agendas rather than the defence of Canada, ultimately attempting to sway certain segments of the population towards a Liberal vote.”
MacGillivray said that he looks back on his 12-year career in the military questioning why he served an institution which seems to have betrayed its principles.
“I look back on my 12-year career, and I say, you know, why did I do this? This isn’t the institution or the country I signed up to defend and ultimately was willing to risk my life for. It’s completely disrespectful to the troops and soldiers still in there,” said MacGillivray.
Veterans 4 Freedom was created in response to government Covid-19 mandates imposed on the Canadian Armed Forces. Marazzo was also a prominent figure in the Freedom Convoy movement.
The latest summer edition of the journal featured articles with titles such as “‘I’m Not Your Typical White Soldier’: Interrogating Whiteness and Power in the Canadian Armed Forces” and “Supporting Military Families: Challenging or Reinforcing Patriarchy?”
Most of the issue’s authors were academics who argued that the solution to perceived problems of racism and “whiteness” in the military was a program of re-education based on woke principles and ideas.
MacGillivray said that current trends concerned him, as they seemed to reflect a similar culture of party control of the military evident in communist China.
“In the military, the focus is not on the colour of one’s skin or gender but on intellectual capabilities. The concern arises with the current developments in academia, fueled by government funding. There’s a disconcerting parallel emerging between the situation in China, where the military is subservient to the CCP rather than the state, and the trend in Canada,” said MacGillivray.
According to Mazarro, the chief concern is that the military is losing its respectability around the world, increasingly seen as unserious by allies and enemies alike.
“The focus then was strictly on the business of war, not the current trend of social engineering. While these changes have been slowly infiltrating over the years, the impact has been particularly pronounced under the current Liberal government. They’ve essentially transformed the Canadian Armed Forces into something less serious,” said Mazarro.
