If one reads Rear Admiral Brock's memoirs, one gets a good picture of the self-serving and narcissistic character of Paul Hellyer. His interests were always in the nature of advancing himself, not in serving the country. Thank God he never achieved his ambition, to become Prime Minister. Imagine the damage he would have done to the entire country. As it was, the armed forces of Canada have never truly recovered from his ill-conceived and expensive Unification of the services.
Thanks for this Noah. Good read. Sometimes I think we need to recall and learn from the past and decipher if those leadership ideas and initiatives still stand the test of time. The best learn from the past - to plan and prepare for the future.
If one reads Rear Admiral Brock's memoirs, one gets a good picture of the self-serving and narcissistic character of Paul Hellyer. His interests were always in the nature of advancing himself, not in serving the country. Thank God he never achieved his ambition, to become Prime Minister. Imagine the damage he would have done to the entire country. As it was, the armed forces of Canada have never truly recovered from his ill-conceived and expensive Unification of the services.
I touch on unification in my latest post. It’s even more superficial than yours was! https://open.substack.com/pub/flyoverdon/p/royal-canadian-navy-identity?r=g8vpl&utm_medium=ios
Thanks for this Noah. Good read. Sometimes I think we need to recall and learn from the past and decipher if those leadership ideas and initiatives still stand the test of time. The best learn from the past - to plan and prepare for the future.