Remembrance Day: The Past, Present & Future State Of Our Armed Forces

On this episode of The Alex Pierson Podcast, our host Alex Pierson takes on the major stories of the day, in her own unique way. In this episode, Alex speaks with: (Ret'd) General Rick Hillier - former Chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces about new polling that shows a growing amount of Canadian don't think we put enough pride into our military. Andy Réti, Holocaust Survivor & Educator about what it was like to grow up in a Jewish Ghetto along the Austrian-Hungarian border, to be freed by the Soviet Red Army and then to have to escape that horror after to make it to Canada. Eric Brunt - Filmmaker and documentarian. Interviewed over 500 WWII veterans for the Canadian War Museum about the 519 WWII veterans he's interviewed for the Canadian War Museum to help immortalize their wisdom, experience and important stories of the horrendous war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices