Gen @LtRajputs writes ‘Like the Indian Armed Forces, the Canadians have inherited much of their traditions, regimentation, and the indelible ‘spirit of the services’, from their colonial progenitors, the Imperial British Armed Forces’.
https://twitter.com/kutch2kibithu/status/1407332874567757832
That said we must remember a time when the Canadians got it wrong when they cobbled together a tactical formation from other regts and branches than raise a Regiment in the Brit Commonwealth sense.
The Canadian Airborne Regt was ordered to be disbanded by the Minister of National Defence after public out cry over the Somalia Affair of 1993. This occurred during a period of severe defence budget cuts and internal reorganization.
The Somalia Affair involved beating to death of a Somali teenager at hands of two Canadian soldiers participating in humanitarian efforts in Somalia. Military leadership were sharply rebuked after a CBC reporter received altered documents, leading to allegations of a cover-up.
Public confidence on the CAF dropped and led to the immediate reduction of Canadian military spending by nearly 25% from the time of the killing to the inquiry. Let us stay in sync with history when we try and tweak centuries of tradition and ethos that is the Indian Army.
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