There’s a recruitment and retention crisis decades in the making

While their mandate has expanded, Canadian Forces cannot maintain personnel levels, as many are leaving their postings and they cannot bring new hires on in the required numbers.

We cannot fly fighter jets without pilots and we cannot operate submarines without fleets. Our single greatest national defence priority must be rebuilding trust in our defence community, writes NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NDP MP LINDSAY MATHYSSEN

May 29, 2023

On Oct. 6, 2022, Canada's Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre announced “one of the largest and most significant reconstitution efforts in recent memory.” Eyre ordered the Canadian Armed Forces to immediately cease all non-essential activity to focus on the critical p...

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