Military officers in a leaked Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) memo decried poor on-base living conditions for students at the CAF School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) in Kingston, Ont., saying it’s threatening student mental health and retention. “The corner of a four-person room cannot be made your home,” read a briefing note titled “Canadian Forces School…
Military Officers Decry Base Living Conditions, Say Retention and Mental Health at Risk: Leaked Memo
EXCLUSIVE: Military Officers Decry Base Living Conditions, Say Retention and Mental Health at Risk: Leaked Memo
Military officers in a leaked Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) memo decried poor on-base living conditions for students at the CAF School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) in Kingston, Ont., saying it’s threatening student mental health and retention. “The corner of a four-person room cannot be made your home,” read a briefing note titled “Canadian Forces School…
Sexual Assault Trial Concluding for Maj-Gen Dany Fortin, Ex-vaccine Campaign Head
The sexual assault trial against the former head of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, is expected to conclude today. The Crown prosecutor argued this morning that there is no reason to believe the complainant in the case would forget or become mistaken about the identity of her aggressor in the years…
Defence Chief Was Warned About Legality of Military’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Memo
October 24, 2022
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The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces was warned by his senior legal and medical advisers last year that requiring all troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was unnecessary —and that doing so “may not constitute a legal order.” The message was delivered to chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre in an August…
Military Eases Vaccine Mandate, Presses Ahead With Discipline for Unvaccinated Troops
The Canadian Armed Forces plans to press ahead with the forced expulsion of dozens of unvaccinated troops despite a new order from defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre on Friday ending the military’s blanket COVID-19 vaccine requirement. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Eyre said that is because service members are expected to follow legal…
Military’s Chief Orders Halt to Non-Essential Activities, Focus on Personnel Crisis
Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre is ordering an immediate halt to all non-essential activities in favour of boosting military recruitment and retention, with the Canadian Armed Forces facing an unprecedented personnel crisis. Eyre issued the sweeping order to senior commanders across the country on Thursday, saying dramatic action is needed to ensure…
Nearly 4,500 Canadian Armed Forces Members, Families Waiting for Military Housing
The Department of National Defence says thousands of Canadian Armed Forces members and their families are waiting for military housing. New figures provided to the Canadian Press show nearly 4,500 Armed Forces members and their families were on a Canadian Forces Housing Agency waitlist in July. The Defence Department has about 12,000 military housing units…
Defence Minister Stands by Military’s Vaccine Mandate Amid Months-Long Review
The Liberal government is defending the military’s continued use of a vaccine mandate for Armed Forces members as a condition of employment amid pressure to end the requirement and questions about when a promised “tweak” will finally be unveiled. The Canadian Armed Forces has required since December that all troops receive two shots of a…
Canadian Armed Forces Spearheads Ottawa’s Post-Fiona Response to Atlantic Canada
The Canadian military is spearheading federal efforts to support post-Fiona recovery efforts across Atlantic Canada. Here is a look at what Ottawa is doing to help those affected by the hurricane. Canadian Armed Forces The Canadian military is deploying troops and equipment to the region after the federal government approved requests for assistance from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland…
John Robson: Gap Between ‘Social Justice Warrior’ and ‘Warrior’ Sums Up Canadian Military’s Recruiting Crisis
September 26, 2022
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Commentary It doesn’t seem so long ago that you could say “social justice” bears the same relationship to “justice” as “social worker” does to “worker,” and warn that integrating female soldiers into front-line combat would devastate military effectiveness. Nowadays such things are taboo. But the Canadian military’s recruiting crisis suggests a lingering gap between “social…
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