GK .Dundas
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I get the distinct impression that the only people who ever discussed this sort of thing were people like us , the press occasionally.
But by and and large both Air Canada and the Government were almost desperately trying to avoid that conversation.
I suspect that had the balloon gone up assuming everybody in Ottawa hadn't been reduced to a catatonic state by the shock of reality intruding on their world.
Their would have been a series of orders in council. Basically commissioning enmasse' every commerical aircrew in the country. Not to mention ground crews.
A very selective form of conscription.
Part of the problem is that mobilization is dirty word. And so is war. And we tend to avoid discussing it as a result.
But by and and large both Air Canada and the Government were almost desperately trying to avoid that conversation.
I suspect that had the balloon gone up assuming everybody in Ottawa hadn't been reduced to a catatonic state by the shock of reality intruding on their world.
Their would have been a series of orders in council. Basically commissioning enmasse' every commerical aircrew in the country. Not to mention ground crews.
A very selective form of conscription.
Part of the problem is that mobilization is dirty word. And so is war. And we tend to avoid discussing it as a result.