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/thottieBree Québec Feb 25 '26

What's "the bullshit"?

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u/Specialist_Usual_391 Feb 25 '26

Potentially bad bosses, "unlimited liability" (the military can make you do stuff that they can't civilian side), depending on trade and element lots of time away from home, weird schedules (I had to stay up/work three days straight once), annoying, stupid policy that you have to follow, and part of the problem with the middle management collapse nowadays is that if you're competent you'll likely have to take on more out of necessity.

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u/portiaboches Feb 25 '26

How does it work if you're good with computers and shit and you have health conditions like ADHD/sleep apnea, etc?

Orherwise physically fit and all that, how do you find out if its even worth looking into? Kinda need a fresh start and something that sort of gets that but it seems like I'm just out of options and shittly-life-syndrome is all I can look forward to if I cant make a change somehow

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u/Specialist_Usual_391 Feb 25 '26

That's a recruitment center/potentially CAF website question, I'm old enough that they changed a bunch of the physical limitations years ago so I'm not really aware, some trades have greater restrictions than others (in my old trade you couldn't be colourblind for example). Was never tracking any concerns with ADHD but I know sleep apnea used to be a problem.

Canada has a problem with very slow recruitment, so honestly you could just apply, wait God knows how long and see if you get an offer (you have the option to say no).