LimpRimble to CanadaPoliticsEnglish · 7 months agoMaking soldiers - Can new recruitment measures halt the Canadian Forces' 'death spiral'?www.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
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minus-squareNik282000linkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoBetteridge’s law of headlines: No. No one wants to fight for a country that is actively fucking them. There was even some noise recently about how the Canadian Armed Forces doesn’t pay enough to cover the cost of living near base.
minus-squarepsvrhlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoLook, if paying people would solve the problem, we wouldn’t have an issue with retaining teachers, doctors, nurses, tradespeople… Oh. Oh, right…
Betteridge’s law of headlines: No. No one wants to fight for a country that is actively fucking them. There was even some noise recently about how the Canadian Armed Forces doesn’t pay enough to cover the cost of living near base.
Look, if paying people would solve the problem, we wouldn’t have an issue with retaining teachers, doctors, nurses, tradespeople…
Oh. Oh, right…