The top soldier questioned whether the initiative went too far in the methods military officers wanted to use
The campaign called for “shaping” and “exploiting” information, allowing the Canadian Forces to be able to strengthen trust in official sources of information, said a military planning document reviewed by this newspaper. One of the desired results was that civil order be maintained during the pandemic. “Canadian public is deterred from participating in Civil Disobedience,” according to the objectives of the plan. “Canadian public compliance with suppression measures is reinforced.
The campaign was a combination of traditional communications methods, using public affairs staff and “influence activity” specialists as well as various other techniques to get military and government messages across to the public. If necessary, military vehicles with loudspeakers would be used to transmit such information.
Asked about whether the military expected Canadians to participate in civil disobedience or riots during the pandemic, Santarpia responded, “That was our worst case scenario.”Article content continued The military’s information operations campaign noted physical distancing and self-isolation had resulted in Canadians perceiving a loss of freedom. “This dispowerment and general context of anxiety will lead to increases of irrational behaviour which may run counter to the overall response effort and public wellbeing,” it added.
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