Mon Jul 10, 2023 – 4:30 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Canadian military recruitment has plummeted amid ongoing lawsuits over COVID vaccine mandates.
The Canadian military experienced recruitment drops of 35% last year after its enforcement of a vaccine mandate forcing all military personal to take the experimental shot or be discharged, according to records obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“The Canadian Armed Forces serves Canada by defending our values, interests and sovereignty at home and abroad,” a Recruitment and Retention note read. “However, the Canadian Armed Forces is experiencing a shortfall in personnel that has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and Canada-wide labour shortages.”
According to the Department of National Defence, only 5,242 volunteers joined the regular forces and primary reserves last year compared with 8,069 the previous year.
“We are in the middle of launching many new initiatives to attract and retain more people in the Canadian Armed Forces,” Defence Minister Anita Anand testified at the House of Commons defence committee on June 6. “This is primarily a program of reconstitution led by the Chief of Defence Staff.”
In response to the lowering numbers, the military is working to recruit women, Indigenous people and those
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