Commentary
Since Canada’s state propaganda machine churns out endless “Minister concludes successful visit to Ruritania” press releases, it’s easy to sleep through “HMCS Margaret Brooke returns from historic Operation PROJECTION.” Unless you also recall the April 30 headline, “Mould found in nearly half the Royal Canadian Navy’s frigates.” In which case you might think the Department of National Defence should be, um, cleaning up its act.
You might also be wondering what was so darn historic about Operation PROJECTION. And indeed what specifically was projected, since it pretty clearly wasn’t force or the capacity to exert the same to help protect allies ourselves….