The insinuation the Minister of Defense is/was a general's lacky is so crass it raises the integrity and reputation of this rag to new lows. Considering the quality of the military is at a high not seen since the 1950s due in part to Mr. Hillier and Mr. McKay--and not a little bit. What possibly could the motive of the "Notebook" be? A reversal of that current trend or just slagging at the reputation of these two men? I suppose anything goes in politics at the hand of the chattering classes.
Unfortunately what seems to have been a good issue to raise--the utility of military experience in government--was only a ruse, a cover for this slagging piece.
@JC35: Unlike the US, Canadian Prime-ministers tend not to have had military experience. Can one suppose from this that the problem of the disastrous deterioration of Canada's Military over the past 75 years is the lack of military experience on the hill? If it hadn't been for McKay and Hillier I may have agreed given the trend until then.
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