It's the stuff our grandparents and great-grandparents talked about — the sacrifices of the war. We've heard politicians and public health officials plead with Canadians to maintain physical distancing and keep to their homes — through appeals to civic duty. The question facing political and institutional leaders in the coming weeks is whether this sense of national solidarity and sacrifice can be sustained. Back then, wartime leaders learned that the authorities can't be everywhere all of the time. One of the challenges wartime leaders faced was to explain the tradeoff to civilians: the cost of the sacrifices versus the promise of victory.

Source: CBC News March 29, 2020 07:52 UTC