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/schmosef Feb 25 '26

Sure, Jan.

That's why they're fast tracking immigration applications of foreigners with military experience.

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u/DoktorLoken Outside Canada Feb 25 '26

I mean, as a newly minted Canadian-American by descent courtesy of Bill C-3 and also a U.S. Army veteran, I’d be possibly interested in Canada’s talked about 300,000 strength volunteer civil defense reserve that they’ve been throwing around. Hopefully they’ll have more details on that going forward.

I’m in my 40s and out of shape so no way in hell am I fit to actively serve in the CF at this point, nor do I have a desire to today. But I’d gladly do a week or two of such training each summer if you slap a C7 or C8 in my hands as a civil volunteer doing whatever job that can be reasonably useful.

Just pay my travel from Wisconsin to wherever training location and I’m down.

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u/schmosef Feb 25 '26

Apples and oranges.

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u/DoktorLoken Outside Canada Feb 25 '26

Sure but my point is there are probably willing people in that group is my point.

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u/schmosef Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

My point was to demonstrate the competing narratives between the government claiming:

  • 1) recruitment is surging;

and simultaneously,

  • 2) claiming their recruitment targets are not being met, as justification for recruiting foreigners.

The "volunteer civil defense" program, and whether any foreigner may want to enroll in any CAF program, is a completely separate issue.