Der neue Fokus des Einwanderungsprogramms auf Militärrekruten wird den Mangel wahrscheinlich nicht beheben, sagen Experten
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-immigration-canadian-armed-forces-recruits-shortages/
Der neue Fokus des Einwanderungsprogramms auf Militärrekruten wird den Mangel wahrscheinlich nicht beheben, sagen Experten
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-immigration-canadian-armed-forces-recruits-shortages/
2 Kommentare
There’s no major full-time military presence on the entire mainland of British Columbia.
That’s a pool of like 4 million people on the mainland, 10% of Canada’s population, who for the most part aren’t interested in joining the CAF because it would involve leaving their province, uprooting their spouses and families, to get employment and full-time opportunities.
CFB Chilliwack used to offer a full-time presence on the mainland of BC, but it was closed down 30 years ago. There’s nothing now.
Plus Surrey, the soon to be largest city in BC, to my knowledge, doesn’t have any CAF Reserve units. So not only are there no full-time opportunities on the mainland of BC, there’s hardly a CAF Reserve presence to the South of the Fraser.
If Canada wants more part-time and full-time soldiers for the CAF, then the CAF needs to bring employment and training opportunities closer to where Canadians live.
I’m not sure why no one in Ottawa has figured this out yet…
From what I’ve gathered, fixing the recruitment process internally for Canadians should be fixed before we imagine foreign recruitment as some magic pill.
That said, I think foreign recruitment is a fantastic idea. Contrary to pop culture myths, foreign soldiers across history frequently have outstanding service records – provided they aren’t treated like dogshit – especially with a promise of citizenship. There are tens of millions of english-speaking young people across the world as a recruiting pool which Canada can realistically look to as potential recruits, and a properly-funded program to train and engage them for five years or so would be a fantastic integration and civilian life preparation program.