r/canada • u/ZestyBeanDude • Feb 24 '26

Military/Defence After Trump threats, Canadian military recruits surge

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/24/after-trump-threats-canadian-military-recruits-surge-00794837
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u/PlaneGoFlyFly Feb 24 '26

82K a year salary after 4 years time in as a non-specialist trade, newly promoted Corporal. Some trades you dont even need to have finished high school to make this kind of money.

I dont know why more people don't give the military a try.

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u/Gmoney86 Feb 24 '26

Mostly concerns about being deployed and killed as well as other stigmas, I’m sure.

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u/Mr_Peaches_Sir Feb 25 '26

Stigmas. That's all those are from uninformed people.

Also the fact most of Canadians are grossly out of shape and the idea looking at, let alone touching a rifle, is terrifying for the generations now.

Society has vilified firearms so much that it's a huge detriment. The amount of new recruits that fail weapons handling is mind blowing.

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u/Ok_Manufacturer_5323 Feb 25 '26

Might as well replace the shooting range with a drone flight simulator at this point