Foreign recruits are joining Canada's military

[Hol]

“Hire foreigners and lower the vetting requirements. Just stop to think about it,” Ezra said, cautioning new recruits aren't Canadian and “have not sworn an oath of loyalty to us.”

With a push to increase defence spending underway, the Canadian Armed Forces surpassing its recruitment goals for a second straight year should be good news.

But questions were raised by a statement from Christiane Fox, the deputy defence minister, during a committee meeting in the House of Commons.

There, Fox revealed a significant increase in the number of permanent residents who had been accepted into the CAF, which came alongside a relaxing of vetting requirements.

https://www.rebelnews.com/foreign_recruits_are_joining_canadas_military

 

[Margery]

What we should have is probably the Israeli model, where every young adult is asked to serve for a while. The best can then go on to serve in the military while the rest can go back to being reserve status, ready to go at a moments notice so to speak.

But I won't hold my breath.

 

[Spartan Sprinter]

What we should have is probably the Israeli model, where every young adult is asked to serve for a while. The best can then go on to serve in the military while the rest can go back to being reserve status, ready to go at a moments notice so to speak.

But I won't hold my breath.

Also a stint in the reserves would also straighten out the attitudes of a lot of young people to

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

The U.S. allows non-citizens to serve. They can earn citizenship that way, and then their dependents become eligible.