Recently, there are reports that our military is severely understaffed (maybe it always has been). Although there are record high recruits (maybe due to no jobs available for young men and women?), half of the recruits leave.
So recently Carney announced a whole load of incentives and pay raises (like 20% increase) for military (maybe long overdue).
Leaked Canadian military report shows many new recruits are quickly leaving
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mil...ding-1.7536509
The Canadian military insists it's getting a handle on its recruiting crisis, but a new leaked internal report obtained by CBC News suggests many of those who come through the door quickly leave in frustration over the inability to get trained and into the job they want.
In addition, the effort to retain experienced soldiers, sailors and aircrew was dealt an important blow recently when a Department of National Defence office — set up to find ways to keep people — was defunded.
The struggle to recruit new members to both the regular and the reserve force has been a major preoccupation as the Canadian Armed Forces face a shortage of up to 14,000 qualified personnel.