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Making soldiers - Can new recruitment measures halt the Canadian Forces' 'death spiral'? (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by LimpRimble@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Betteridge’s law of headlines: No. No one wants to fight for a country that is actively fucking them. There was even some noise recently about how the Canadian Armed Forces doesn't pay enough to cover the cost of living near base.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

Look, if paying people would solve the problem, we wouldn't have an issue with retaining teachers, doctors, nurses, tradespeople...

Oh. Oh, right...