By Scott Taylor There is no shortage of news stories outlining the current woes of the Canadian Armed Forces. The shortage of personnel stands at a crippling 16 per cent and this gap between authorized strength and service members in uniform will only widen as the senior leadership are fai
Source: ON TARGET: The Canadian Armed Forces are in Even Worse Shape than you may Think — espritdecorps
when I was in, ~1985, ~80k. which matchers this article. 60k now, so ~30% less now? author questions apathy, sure some; but we also purposefully reduced after USSR fell in ??1991??
“Which begs the question, how did Canadians become so apathetic towards serving in our military? In 1989 at the zenith of the Cold War, Canada had over 88,000 regular troops enlisted, when our population stood at just 26.7 million.
Today Canada has just crested the 40 million population threshold and we are hovering around the 60,000 mark for regular service members still actually on the payroll.”
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