Mixed in with all the other bad news lately is that military spending continues to skyrocket, reaching $1.6 trillion Canadian in 2009. That would be a 1.6 million million dollars spent on killing people.
In other news about rising militarism, here’s an article about Project Hero, which encourages universities to pay the tuition of children who have lost parents in active service in the Canadian military. It turns out that not only is Project Hero paying for very little education, but also that the Canadian military already has a program in place to pay tuition and other expenses for students who have lost parents in active service. So why did former top general Rick Hillier start a redundant project? It looks like it’s an effort to promote militarism in canadian universities.
