Just like they told US servicemembers after 9-11 and during the Afghanistan war...
It actually had the opposite effect they were hoping for...many civilians told us they preferred seeing any servicemember in uniform, even if unarmed as it at least demonstrated some show of force and not capitulation.
“It actually had the opposite effect they were hoping for...many civilians told us they preferred seeing any servicemember in uniform, even if unarmed as it at least demonstrated some show of force and not capitulation.”
Yes, I am certain that the Canadian civilians would feel safe under this threat of more terror if soldiers were seen in uniform.