The Liberals and senior military brass have pushed for more women, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples to join the military, an institution in the midst of a cultural reset.
Traffic technicians unpack and sort through supplies delivered by a CC-130 Hercules aircraft in support of Operation Presence in Mali in July. About 14 per cent of Canadian soldiers in Mali are women. Photograph courtesy of the Department of National Defence/M. Cpl Jennifer Kusche
Opening up the military to non-citizens, providing more flexibility with work locales, and offering new outreach programs to get young people to consider a military career are ways to increase recruitment among marginalized groups, experts say.
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Most of the job losses would be concentrated in 18 communities in Western Canada, according to the report, with Wood Buffalo, Alta., where Fort McMurray is located, and Estevan, Sask., expected to be hit hardest.
'Mr. O'Toole needs to have a 'blanket position that is against violence, that is in favour of law and order, and in favour of stable democracy,' according to leading pollster Nik Nanos.
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The government is facing class-action lawsuits and a constitutional challenge based on the conditions thousands of prisoners are being kept in that advocates describe as similar to solitary confinement.
Mobilizing younger voters, especially millennials, would be a 'political windfall' for the Greens, especially in ridings where left-leaning voters have a say in the outcome, says Nik Nanos.