TL/DR: Things are bad everywhere, you can't argue back, so we'll beat on you. Again. A new advisory panel report on “Systemic Racism and Discrimination” in Canada’s “Defence Team” should be read by every senior officer, before it’s fed into the nearest shredder. It offers nothing of value to today’s military leaders on how to better achieve their mission.
I well remember in the early 2000s the traveling road show the CAF put together. THREE tractor-trailer loads of displays of equipment, posters, multi-media and recruiters, all on TD, traveling across Canada for almost a year. They stopped in Hamilton for three days and set up the John Foote Armoury on James St. This whole show was designed to attract females into the CAF. They got THREE female candidates, but even more MALE candidates. You cannot FORCE people to join the army in order to satisfy artificial diversity goals that are set without any clear benefit to the CAF. They must WANT to join. All this noise about sexual harassment, lack of diversity and similar situations is just that: noise. Offer the population a career rooted in what the military is supposed to do, with a military well-equipped to do that, with a clear mission and support of all parties, and you will get the candidates you need from all walks of society.
Thanks for reading it, Mark, so I didn’t have to. The CAF is done at this rate.
My reading exactly!
I well remember in the early 2000s the traveling road show the CAF put together. THREE tractor-trailer loads of displays of equipment, posters, multi-media and recruiters, all on TD, traveling across Canada for almost a year. They stopped in Hamilton for three days and set up the John Foote Armoury on James St. This whole show was designed to attract females into the CAF. They got THREE female candidates, but even more MALE candidates. You cannot FORCE people to join the army in order to satisfy artificial diversity goals that are set without any clear benefit to the CAF. They must WANT to join. All this noise about sexual harassment, lack of diversity and similar situations is just that: noise. Offer the population a career rooted in what the military is supposed to do, with a military well-equipped to do that, with a clear mission and support of all parties, and you will get the candidates you need from all walks of society.