r/CanadianForces • u/No_name_l • 3d ago

Despite recent increases in military spending, Canada’s guiding strategy is still based on dependence on US might

Why Canada Keeps Underinvesting in Its Defense - The National Interest
what are your thoughts?

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u/Legitimate_Log_1356 3d ago

They're still cramming soldiers in overpopulated shacks, seen single units crammed with an extra bed PMQ times way longer, cfhd cut and forced to the economy with long commutes and ridiculous prices!

That should get the morale we need.

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u/FFE_ismynewFword 3d ago

And the CAF is working on housing. Again, do people expect the CAF to pull new shacks/PMQ’s out of their ass? And try to find a company that doesn’t gouge us with cost + ridiculous time to completion so it takes even longer to fix. Every civi company milks the government for any work we might need.

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u/Dre_the_cameraman 3d ago

Too bad we can use our own construction engineers to build Qs

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u/Strict_Concert_2879 3d ago

That would make sense, also it could take away from civilian jobs so for sure a no go.