Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
The concern around cuts revolves around resources, but we tend to underappreciate the cultural and structural impacts.
If we want to retain service members, ensuring that they can afford to stay in the military, and that they think their organization puts its people first is a critical step.
We owe it to ourselves to have sovereign defence capabilities that meet our needs, and can help contribute to the security of our allies as well.
The current offensive fails to address two important factors that have led the military to its worrisome personnel circumstances: systemic flaws in the recruitment process, and under investments in human resources.
With a goal to cut $15-billion from government spending, planning will be critical if the government wants to keep its credibility both domestically and internationally.