Canada Aims to Reform Military Culture to Fix Recruiting Woes and Death Spiral of Declining Enlistment
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Canada's defense minister says reforming military culture is crucial to fixing recruitment problems and reversing the "death spiral" of declining enlistment.
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Changes were made last week to the military justice system, removing investigations and prosecutions of sexual offenses from the military's jurisdiction.
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The reforms address a culture that has overlooked and trivialized sexual misconduct by senior male leaders.
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The Canadian Armed Forces missed its recruitment goals for 2022-2023 and hopes to add less than 1,000 personnel this year.
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The military has struggled to quickly process new recruits, taking over a year to process applications from some 16,000 interested candidates.