Does ‘Canada First’ apply to feeding our cadets?

Canada should not rely on foreign manufacturers of MREs to meet the basic needs of cadets and Junior Rangers, or other members of the Armed Forces.

Junior Ranger Audrey Mercier-Marcoux of the Tête-à-la-Baleine patrol participates in the individual electronic shooting competition during the National Cadet Marksmanship Championship at CFB Valcartier on May 25, 2019. DND photograph by Cpl. Rebecca Garand

Opinion

BY MICHEL DRAPEAU

December 30, 2020

OTTAWA—Prior to enlisting in the Regular Force in 1961, I attended Army cadet summer training camps in Farnham, Que., for four consecutive summers. Ever since, I have maintained an appreciation and interest in the different aspects of the cadet program. This explains why, in 2013, I was disappoin...

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