The Canadian Armed Forces’ disappearing act

Ongoing operational readiness issues are keeping Canada’s soldiers from participating in key training and promotional activities.

Although the band will play on, the Ceremonial Guard’s participation in the summer Changing of the Guard ceremony is just the latest casualty of the Armed Forces’ personnel problems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

May 6, 2024

OTTAWA—It would seem that the senior leadership of the Canadian Armed Forces continues to whistle past the graveyard as it becomes clearly evident that the personnel shortfall has begun crippling Canada's military operational readiness.

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