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 of Communications and Electronics Accommodations,” saying that live-in students at the CFSCE are “inadequately housed.”
The Oct. 11 briefing note, authored by a captain and reviewed by a lieutenant-colonel, said that the military school is entitled to “category II” living standards, which consists of “single rooms with access to internet, telephone and cable” and enough storage space for “personal effects and bulk items.”…