Canadian Military Ad Blitz Hits D. C. Subway Stations
Date: Thursday, March 30 2006
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Underground posters tout military's role in Afghanistan
Washington told: `We're doing some heavy lifting there'
Mar. 29, 2006. 01:00 AM
TIM HARPER
WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON—They're the new Canadian signs of the times, but this advertising blitz has nothing to do with a weekend in Toronto or skiing in B.C.
Instead, huge signs and banners posted in seven strategic subway stations in the District of Columbia and suburban Virginia tout the Canadian contribution in Afghanistan, showing that the fight Stephen Harper calls "our war" is also meant to curry favour in Washington.
The poster features a Canadian soldier, weapon in hand, standing alongside Afghans, with the words, "Canadian Troops in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Boots On The Ground.
"U.S.-Canada Relations. Security is Our Business."
Lt.-Col. Jamie Robertson, the counsellor for military outreach at the Canadian embassy, says it is key to Canadian interests that there be an awareness Ottawa is involved in global security.
"In this town, there is a lot of competition for attention," he said. "This is the only way to raise the profile because, at the end of the day, it is all about tangible co-operation and it doesn't get any more tangible than this.
"We're doing some heavy lifting there. It's all about security, and Afghanistan is the sharp edge of that stick."
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Another ad scam in the works? Why does this government think that we have to go to such lengths to get noticed? When such things are done to get Canada in the "good" books with this administration it is an admission that they are only interested in politics, not the Afghans, not the Canadian military, not democracy, and not peace.... Nothing noble, nothing humane, nothing altruistic, nothing heroic. Just those lego-like-anus-shaped-lips Harper has that snap onto Bush's ass on command. Canada deserves better. 4Canada
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