National Defence and Reserve Force

Citizenships: The federal government stated goal is to have a reserve force of 27,000, according to The Chronicle Herald. Citizenships being granted without all checks being carried out: auditor Pot problem: Auditor urges Veterans Affairs to rein in medical pot use, costs The audit goes into detail about how National Defence has not only failed to recruit for the part-time force, but reservists are quitting at a rate faster than they can be replaced and doing so before they are fully trained. Michael Ferguson latest audit conducted a detailed examination of the problems faced by the military part-time branch and found that even though there are 21,000 positions on the books, only 13,944 reservists are considered active and ready for service. In late 2015, National Defence set a goal to increase the Army Reserve by 950 soldiers by 2019. The sweeping review also looked at training and found that many reservists don’t receive certain basic weapons training, such as the use of a pistol or grenade launcher. In our opinion, this goal will be difficult to achieve given the present rate of attrition, said the auditor report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.