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Mr. Palmer expresses his views on how Canada’s freedom has been hard fought.
Phil Palmer
Mr. Phil Palmer was born October 16, 1969 in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Palmer’s desire for the military started at a very young age as he always knew someday he would join. After graduating from high school, Mr. Palmer immediately enlisted in the military. Mr. Palmer joined the infantry with the Royal Canadian Regiment, was a member of the Airborne Regiment as a Paratrooper 3 Commando and later transferred to the Intelligence Operations as an Intelligence Operator. Over the course of 26 years, Mr. Palmer deployed to areas of Somalia, Bosnia and two deployments to Afghanistan. Mr. Palmer discharged from the military and now resides in Ottawa with his wife and family.
Transcript
There can be a lot of criticism against the military and how a government uses their military but ultimately freedom is not free. It sounds like a tired cliché but freedom has to be earned and it’s easily lost and I want to remind my kids on a daily basis that we are very lucky to live in this country and a lot of it we would not have gained without fighting for our freedom or ensuring the freedom of others and helping them gain the freedom that everyone deserves. It’s not easy and it’s… sometimes it needs a fight.