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Those are decent ads actually.

I'm extremely dissapointed people didn't even know the lines in the one are from 'In Flanders Fields' sure it was the third paragraph, more would probably recognize it if it was the first paragraph, but still. Every Canadian owes it to themselves to know it.

I'd say the biggest problem is people don't understand the scope of loss we've had. WW1 had almost 61 000 dead or missing and another 172 000 injured. 61k is like the entire city of Airdrie dissapearing. And considering Canada's population at the time was a million less than just Quebec is today that's an insane amount.

We don't do even close to enough for veterans. Theres no ad conceivable that puts into perspective what we owe the ones who didn't survive. People criticize these ads for feeling like a recruitment drive? Not sure about you guys but thinking of the poor souls that drowned to death in flooded artillery craters in northern France doesn't make me want to sign up. That would be the worst recruiting tool in history