Wir brauchen junge Kanadier, die bereit sind, gegen Trump zu stehen. Es ist Zeit, einen neuen nationalen Dienst zu schaffen
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/we-need-young-canadians-willing-to-stand-against-trump-its-time-to-create-a-new/article_bc8e3a8d-5ada-4a40-8e3d-c570b438371f.html
17 Kommentare
Canadian youth are already becoming disillusioned with our government and its policies that only benefit the older generations so what we need to do is force them into service to protect the older generations and their assets- amazing take from The Star
Pump the pay and then you can get recruits if it’s so important start the pay at 80-125k, this is the security of our nation after all. Have decent equipment and free boarding and housing.
Tax payers will pay for this if this is so important
Young Canadians have basically become *observers* to an economy that has left them behind. They have no societal equity – by design – and as a result feel very little obligation to their country.
Trying to push them into some national service is hilariously tone deaf.
Why?
Judging from the comments here and on r/Canada, there should be millions who would join an insurgency and pick off Americans left and right.
What’s that? Most of those people won’t do as much as join our part-time reserve force to defend this nation, meanwhile calling for other people to be forced to serve?
Colour me surprised
Imposing conscription on young men aged 18 to 30, for a period of at least 3 years, would result in several massive benefits:
– Strengthen our military forces to combat imperialists such as Trump and Putin
– Reverse the trend of young men turning to far-right ideologies
– Give young men a sense of belonging, and introduce structure and discipline into their lives
– Foster national pride among our youth
Interesting points, the cadet program in particular is free to access and a huge engine for civic engagement and general skills training.
As our technology changes and AI becomes more prevalent to the point of take over, what else are young men going to do but be part of the military machine. It’s by design.
> National Youth Development
> The cadet and scouting movements together reach more than 100,000 Canadian youth. We should expand those programs to reach half a million or more and allow every teenager in Canada to see the country, learn new skills and engage with different communities. These would not be our parents’ cadet corps or scout troupes: We need fire, police and ambulance cadets. We need scouts for drones, 3D printing and carpentry. We need sponsorship by electrical unions and tech companies, as well as media and public-affairs organizations. Entrepreneurial skills and knowledge of food security, environmental protection and the circular economy should be fostered to help Canadians who are about to join the working world succeed.
I wonder if this would work better integrated directly into our education system. My understanding with scouts is a big part of the problem is finding adult volunteers, and I’ve been told by a few of them that the amount of red tape and expected level of contribution are both too high to keep leaders around.
This was a bs idea proposed by the UK Conservative party to try to save themselves in last year’s election. The reasons it was bs there also applies to Canada.
Last is the only author who can put up or shut up when it comes to national service. Homer-Dixon is pontificating from the safety of the ivory tower.
Canadian institutions—including CAF and Parliament—need to actually serve young people if you want them to have any teeth in the game. You also can’t fund any of these proposed programs without increased tax revenue and no party has the gall to go through with tax increases, even in the lead up to conflict with our southern neighbour.
COIN is all but discredited but John Nagl made the good point that the War in Afghanistan was the first war that wasn’t paid for through tax increases and was essentially put on NATO’s credit card which will ultimately fuck over the future generations who will be left paying for it.
I would be medically disqualified from serving in a future conflict but I would be willing and able to organize civil defence and away-from-the-front basic medical services. I also know that the US will swallow any organized Canadian military element whole while struggling with light paramilitary insurgents that blend in with civilian populations.
The cadets program already exists but is severely underfunded and restricted, cadets can’t even do rifle training because of ’safety‘ and the cost of ammunition. Fix the neglected cadets program before spinning up yet more programs that will be abandoned.
A new national service? With what? If you’re not the Canadian forces you’ll get nothing (gear wise to train with or funding) and like it, and if you are in the Canadian forces you’ll get next to nothing (gear wise and funding) and like it!
They’re banning our guns, they underfund the military, and they can’t recruit, or keep recruits, the hell kind of national service is there the train or do?
Young Canadians to stand against Trump? Didn’t our gov drop all tariffs against America 2 weeks after the election?
I don’t mind the idea in the long run, but in the immediate term it’s a bad idea to divide efforts & funding when we’re just starting to repair decades of damage & neglect to our armed forces. I think before we even start the process of making a new defense service, funding, equipment/procurement & staffing for the current armed forces needs to be fixed. Once that’s sorted, then I’d argue that gives the government leeway.
The belief that Canada could successfully defend itself against a U.S. invasion is delusional.
If the purpose of the Canadian Armed Forces is to defend ourselves against an American invasion, then the CAF has no purpose.
I actually support the idea of a national service but more for than just military. Young people could use it to gain real-world training, experience, making social connections, and even make a bit of money or get scholarships. In turn the country gets a boost in active service (and potentially reserve) military but also a source of labour for various national projects/needs.
Of course it’s easy for me to say because I am too old to be part of such service, but still I have held this belief since I was a young man and seeing so many of my peers struggling to get jobs/experience or to find a career direction.
I don’t think there should be involuntary service.
I think it should be voluntary, with military and non-military branches. Something that would help be a cap on how high our unemployment can get. When the economy is soft the ranks will grow, when it’s strong, it can shrink.