Canada is well known as a international peacekeeping powerhouse of sorts. So wouldn't it make sense that there would be a handful of Canadian peacekeeping heroes??? But there are none that would pop into most Canadians heads. Why is this? Perhaps after the Somalian incident where a boy was beaten to death by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment in 1993, all Canadian Peacekeepers were written off as heroes. After all this incident was deemed "Canada's National Shame". How could any heroes come from peacekeeping after a tragedy like that. Though there very well might be peacekeeping heroes (i.e. all who have made the ultimate sacrifice), none come to my mind. Maybe that incident has led to peacekeepers not being mentioned in the conversation as heroes. Or maybe not. The point I'm trying to make is that...
Canada is hockey powerhouse---I know these heroes. The household names of Gretzky, Richard, Howe, Lemieux
Canada is a peacekeeping powerhouse---None come to mind (even though they are out there).
This leads to the next reason why Canada lacks heroes!
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