The Canadian military insists it’s getting a handle on its recruiting crisis, but a new leaked internal report obtained by CBC News suggests many of those who come through the door quickly leave in frustration over the inability to get trained and into the job they want.

In addition, the effort to retain experienced soldiers, sailors and aircrew was dealt an important blow recently when a Department of National Defence office — set up to find ways to keep people — was defunded.

The struggle to recruit new members to both the regular and the reserve force has been a major preoccupation as the Forces face a shortage of up to 14,000 qualified personnel.

But the flip side of the equation — that has gotten less attention — is the effort to hold on to people, especially in critical technical trades.

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      102·
      6 days ago

      I’m not sure you’ve thought this through.

      If we decide to not plan for war and Trump chooses to invade, there will be a war whether we like it or not. And to be clear we won’t like it at all.

      I agree that preparing our military doesn’t have to lead us down the same road the US has chosen (almost endless wars). But we should be recruiting and training people for our military forces in case they are needed – whether it’s for peacekeeping or self-preservation.

    • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
      61·
      6 days ago

      Maybe. But sometimes it’s forced upon us.

      If a bully physically attacked you, wouldn’t you be better off having had self defense lessons beforehand?

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
        35·
        6 days ago

        And then we go to war anyway because why waste all the equipment?

        That’s seriously the reason that global elites are pushing China and the US to start WWIII, for the profits that will be made.

    • cygnus@lemmy.ca
      510·
      6 days ago

      Nah war is cringe.

      Wow I’m literally shaking right now. I just showed your comment to Putin and he immediately ordered all Russian troops out of Ukraine. Your Nobel Peace Prize invitation should arrive momentarily.

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
        63·
        6 days ago

        Why did me saying that make you so upset?

        War is objectively a bad thing for everyone involved besides the leaders and rich people on the winning side.

        • cygnus@lemmy.ca
          52·
          6 days ago

          I’m not upset by the sentiment, I’m upset by the flippant naivete. Go tell Ukrainians or Gazans about your solution for world peace and count down the seconds till you get punched in the face.

          • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
            26·
            6 days ago

            It’s not an immediate solution lol

            But if all humans refused to go to war we wouldn’t have war.

            That kind of global cultural change happens not through laws but ideas.

            Ideas like the objective reality that war is cringe.

            Go be mad about real problems.

            • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
              41·
              6 days ago

              But if all humans refused to go to war we wouldn’t have war.

              Unfortunately, we don’t live in a fantasy world with unicorns and rainbows where everybody lives in harmony.

              There are some power hungry psychopaths out there who do want war because they want more land, resources, or because they think they are the chosen people of God. And we need to be ready for these assholes.

            • cygnus@lemmy.ca
              52·
              6 days ago

              Go be mad about real problems.

              Coming in here with a “solution” that requires the worldwide eradication of capitalism, authoritarianism, and imperialism and then tells me I’m the one unaware of real problems. r/im14andthisisdeep-ass conversation.

        • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
          42·
          6 days ago

          Oh come on!

          This isn’t about invading and occupying a country to topple the government to install a pro-canadian dictator to benefit Canadian businesses and economy.

          We’re talking about defense here. We have been relying too much on the US and now it’s coming back to bite us in the ass.

              • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
                37·
                6 days ago

                There’s a lot of people shoiwing up here to argue for WWIII

                And that’s cringe

                If we were talking about a bad country then I would be getting up voted

                • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
                  31·
                  6 days ago

                  Nobody is advocating for WWIII. Where did you even read this?

                  We’re talking défense ffs. Can you even read?

                • Alloi@lemmy.world
                  32·
                  6 days ago

                  war is cringe, but the US is the cringiest nation right now, and they want to annex us, which is super duper cringe. they are slowly prepping their population and military to do the cringiest war(s) possible. its dumb as hell. we dont want it. and because of that, we have to do cringey things to stop the worst case cringe, or maybe even deter it entirely in case the cringe comes over the boarder to do cringe stuff.

                  you may not like it (neither do i) but if someone came into my house to sexually assault me id rather be wearing jeans and a belt, than no pants at all.

                  we are just “trying” to put the jeans and belt on right now. there is nothing cringe about defending our home and rights from a foreign invader. much like it isnt cringe to defend yourself from being assaulted.

                  trust me im with you, i hate war. but id rather be canadian than american.

                  war is cringe. so lets deter it.

            • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
              11·
              6 days ago

              Your comment is the cringiest most naive and innocent comment in this whole thread. Wake up and smell the coffee.