Canadian Military's Chilling Plan to Use 'Propaganda' on Public to Achieve COVID Lockdown Compliance Is Shut Down
Dorothy Cummings McLean : Nov 17, 2020
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The strategy was to manipulate the 'attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of Canadians' with tactics that included loudspeaker trucks blasting government messages.
(Ottawa) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Canada's Armed Forces has been told to shelve a plan to manipulate the attitudes and behaviors of the nation's residents through propaganda techniques aimed at moving the public to comply with Covid-19 lockdown measures. (Image: Public Domain)
The Ottawa Citizen reported November 16 that the Assistant Deputy Minister for Public Affairs had announced the program, which targeted Canadians, was being shut down. In an email to staff, Laurie-Ann Kempton stated that "Canadians must have absolute confidence in knowing that we completely understand our role in informing the public space of our initiatives and activities."
Kempton added, "They must know that they are not targets."
The announcement followed revelations published by the Ottawa Citizen earlier this month that the Canadian military wanted to create a "Defence Strategic Communication" organization. This would have used "propaganda and other techniques to try to influence the attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of Canadians," the Citizen reported. A draft of the proposal was sent around National Defence Headquarters in the capital city last month.
According to the Citizen, the plan was the "end result" of the "weaponization" of the Canadian Armed Forces' public affairs arm. The newspaper also reported in July that the military had planned to ensure Canadians' compliance with the Covid-19 shutout by rolling out methods it had used in a foreign war zone... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
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