NO LONGER MILITARY MIGHTY : Have Liberals turned the military into the Canadian Armed Farces?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Postmedia political columnist Lorne Gunter says the Liberals have let down the proud Canadian military and have now turned it in to farce - even having foreign countries training our Canadian fighter pilots.
We are such a laughing stock. I am so ashamed
Imagine being an Afghan vet and now having to serve under this government...
When Pierre Trudeau was our PM the Russians laughingly called us a vicious rabbit. I hate to think of what they call us now.
As a Brazilian (a shitty country), some time ago Canada was the example of a great country and an awesome place to possibly live. Now Canada has fallen into a woke leftist shithole full of censorship and excess government control.
Both economically and militarily we are yes.
You should be more worried about where all those taxpayer dollars are going. You should have a stellar military for what you spend.
As a former fighter pilot and instructor, when my sons and nephew took up flying and expressed an interest in the air force I did my best to dissuade them.
The Canadian military is a crippled politically correct dysfunctional organization.
Why put your life on the line operating antique equipment for a government and citizenry that permit the politicians to hold service members in contempt?
At one time I was extremely proud of serving.
Do you know where the term politically correct comes from? The Russian communist revolution and Mao's communist China. Being politically correct is to subjugate and 'destroy' hundreds of millions of citizens. Thank you for being a patriot. We will still need your skills when things come to a head in this country due to Trudeau's master plan
I have so much respect for strong, moral Canadian men willing to put their lives on the line to protect our citizens. I don't believe any of the BS sexual harassment suits the Trudeau government launched to remove strong men in leadership positions the moment his government took office. I am a woman and I know exactly why the 'MeToo' movement went crazy right around the time Trudeau was elected. Most Canadians can't fathom how sinister and diabolical an elected government can be. I learned this because I am the daughter of Polish immigrants who escaped communism and was lucky enough to be born and raised in Canada, the once greatest country in the world before Trudeau took office
Hasnt changed under any govt, harper had some of the best financial yrs ever in this country, he didn't improve the military, and now with all the BS you see and cover ups in the military, you need to wonder why there is no support for it. Don't forget anyone try to hit us the US will be here in an instant. We are still their best friend in the world
What a disgrace for Canada. We have truly fallen under Justin Trudeau and his enabler Jagmeet Singh. Jagmeet needs to pull the plug on Justin.
Jagmeet and Trudeau belong in prison for life
Jagmeet is busy creating seperationsit movements that will rip this country apart. He only needs Trudeau for a sucker till he is done
He won't.
He won't waiting for his pension only requires 6 years it's a joke they should get a pension only after 6 years it should be min 20 years.
Sadly it is such a partisan mindset that has destroyed our Canadian military. Please read my string that comments on this article and reflects on how things came to be when it comes to the current status of our military. Our military will not recover until this issues I have noted are addressed.
He has weakened our country so bad, we cant even defend ourselves, and we send money to corrupt countries
As per uncle Klaus’s direction
This joke of a country isn't worth defending!
Not to worry , our duck hunters will defend our country , if they can buy the ammo .
Just waiting for the CONSERVATIVE TO COME TO GOVERNMENT.
MR. BRIAN M. Ver2.0 MR. P.P.
ARMED to receive a PAPER BAG OF “TRICK OR TREAT!”
U.S.A WILL OBLIGE “KICK BACK GALORE!”
@@smerchly,,, MUST BE A STAND YOUR GROUND, American with a self inflicted removal of a FRONTAL BRAIN LOBOTOMY.
JT and the NDP need to face the electorate for their crimes. They need to be removed at the ballot box
Haven't been able to rely on the electorate's intelligence in the past ... have they learned.?
Don't forget to vote in '25!
Jail and refund our money
YES!! point it out to folks at the gas pump !
A national disgrace.
The conservatives weren't a whole lot better. It hasn't been politically convenient to invest in the military for decades. It will take decades to rebuild, rearm and retrain if we want to have a modern, capable military.
@@darex0827
Really? Under which previous Conservative government was the Canadian military short 15k personnel, and couldn't train their own pilots?
@@grandmufftwerkin9037neither government has invested in the military. I've served during both, neither cared.
@@darex0827
So have I, and I see a very big difference.
@@darex0827
We didn't have the worst personnel crisis the CAF has experienced in generations under the previous government.
What a mess my country has become. This is disgraceful. I hope this non confidence vote actually sticks.
Jagmeet wants his gold plated pension for himself so we will have to wait until 2025 with the hope of voting this government out of power while Canada is further destroyed under this regime.
But they have tampons in the men’s room !?!
I just had a service man come to fix something and he told me how disgusted he was that his company also now has tampons in the men's rooms. he ask how many trans men worked there he did not know of any and got in trouble?
I really believe that some of the people in charge, are demon possessed, or something. How else can we explain what's going on.
Trudeau doubled our debt. Where did the money go?
Tripled
Good question.
Sophie took it
Sophie and Zelenskyy took it
We need an audit of all money spent by the government during Justin Trudeau's time in power.
The military will balance itself
LOL
🤣🤣😂😆
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We trained the world during the war ..... Look at us now ?
The RCAF has such a distinguished history ...... So sad
We have the Balloon force!!!!
My years of service 1967-96. 3rd Generation to serve in my family. x1 Grandfather infantry, x2 Uncles x1 Navy DSM x1 Infantry 3 WW2 beaches Dunkirk, Dieppe & Juno, My Dad, airforce 101 Sqn 32 missions Mar-Sep 1944 & me x2 Infantry Reserve Regiments x1 Regular Armoured Regiment. I’m truly fed up with partisan politics when it comes to comments about who ruined our military. Let me spell it out as to how our military was ruined since the end of WW2.
Both traditional governing parties ruined it by:
1) not replacing expired equipment in a timely fashion when in power
2) not fixing a broken procurement system when in power
3) cutting & clawing back military budgets when in power
4) reducing military strength when in power
5) failure to support veterans, thus impacting recruitment, when in power
6) never making it clear to Canadian voters / taxpayers that a Nation trading with the EU & US needs to honour NATO & NORAD alliances
The Canadian voters, who have never made the status of the Canadian military a voting issue own the state of our military every bit as much as the politicians.
Thank You for You and your families services Sir!
God Bless Canada!
Well said. My family has had four generations in the Army and Air Force. Not anymore though.
@@georgepudsey516 I have had follow on discussions with my own child, nephews & their friends about a military career. I have been truthful & frank. The following points were ones I made:
1) military training will challenge & develop your self awareness.
2) You will make lifelong friends
3) hopefully you will do meaningful things
4) Canadian politicians of any stripe from time to time will make promises about equipment upgrades but… delay, delay & delay
5) the current crop of World Leaders are abysmal & could deploy military forces on horrific & dishonourable actions.
6) if injured to the point of being discharged follow on care might be a challenge.
7) Serving in a local reserve unit, Land Sea or Air might give you the best control over your own military career & deployment
8) the Canadian public has no idea as to what needs to be done to equip & sustain a military & is unlikely to make it a priority.
Now… do you want to join? Only one young family friend has so far, joined. But at least they thought it through.
I think it was the mindset of letting the USA protect us, Lack of major conflict for Canada since WW2 and being isolated by oceans with the USA on our southern border.
The will to spend the money to upkeep was not there post war with a lot of people not wanting to spend the money and without being in a conflict to keep the military in the public consciousness, it became a non priority.
And yes, it was every government since WW2.
Changing technology, constant upkeep became harder and harder and kept having the can kicked down the road.
@@zerospace101 Agree that the Canadian mindset was much as you note. Further Canadians wanted to rest on the Laurels of WW1 & WW2 veterans and pretty much ignored the Korean conflict veterans. From my point of view as much as America now makes statements about Canada & other NATO members not paying our / their share… America was very content to carry the ball as it gave them unquestionable leadership. However after many, frankly far too many disastrous geopolitical wars America has lost much in the way of treasure in both lives & dollars. As noted before it falls to our governing political parties to connect the dots of Canada’s GDP, American, European trade & the military alliances of NATO & NORAD. It is time for Canada to grow up & become a restored highly capable ally.
Figure it out yet he wants us defenseless.
His globalist masters want us defenseless, blackface is simply doing as he's told.
How pathetic Canada has become under Castro Jr.
Like I said 9 years ago. Welcome to Venezela of the North you voted for it !
The new Canadians ran away from their country. What makes you think they would be willing to fight for ours.
Some of them get here and see what it's like, and they want to run away from Canada as well.
@@emarkers777 possibly but they still won’t join our military and fight for Canada like the young Canadians did in WW1 and WW2. That takes heart and courage, something they don’t have by running away
Very true, most "new" Canadians would not fight if need be, simply run and hide. The same people that have a delusion that they are owed something.
@@ClarenceSlade Most old Canadians would not join the military for the same reasons.
I did not because when I was able to, we went to Afghanistan and I was why the hell should I put my life on the line for this cause, it was not protecting Canadians or fighting for our freedom. I knew if I did, I would end up in that crap hole for no other reason than political.
It would have been different if it was to protect Canadians or even our allies in am actual war, not policing a country that did not want us.
Old Canadians would not either, especially with the state of Canada now and the terminal ideological infection that is rotting us from the inside.
I quit the CAF because of treasonous Trudeau
Nice now need to get together with the rest of the people who quit or were purged. And just you know hypothesize scenarios and go on group runs....
Ditto
Thanks for serving. Sadly Trudeau has turned Canada into a country no longer worthy of our young peoples service.
@@ryanwallace553 Same as I posted to James, thanks for your service to our country.
@@TimDyck thank you for your support
Liberal Party ineptness leads one to wonder why we even need a federal government. I mean, I know we do. However, Canada would be far better off today had we not had one for the past 8 years.
This is pathetic. A country that can defend itself will cease to become a country.
Yes and how many guns have they made illegal to own and why
Trudeau, the worst, the absolute worst, Prime Minister Canada has ever had. Trudeau needs to leave the country.
Oh, don't worry, he will. Prediction: shortly after losing his job as PM, he'll leave Canada, with MILLIONS of dollars, and go somewhere without extradition.
I have no proof or anything. This is just a prediction.
Canada’s diminished military isn’t the sole fault of JT. I’m inviting you to read my comments on this article & reflect upon how both governing parties diminished Canada’s military.
@@kevindelaney1951 granted, but the Liberals haven't liked military and have been in power more than the Conservatives.
His father was as bad. I served under him. Senior hated the military.
@@paulr7547 It doesn’t forgive the inaction of Conservatives when in power. The harm done by both was crippling. Of all the pronouncements made by the team that would replace the current team in power the team that wants control and may well gain control has offered no significant comment when it comes to:
1) fixing the broken procurement system
2) funding our military without fear of cuts or clawbacks
3) acknowledging that the road to Canadian military strength will be both long (10 years) & costly (dedicated committed tax dollars)
I await both the acknowledgment & commitment of the next would be leaders of Canada.
They spent more on two battery plants than the yearly military budget.
And don't forget the drones
And we are so far in debt so couldn’t catch up.
Trudeau needs to be punished for what he did to this country
We couldn’t even shoot down an air balloon flying over the Yukon. Americans had to send an F22 to do it.
Not really a worry Lorne, we will only have a handful of CF-35 pilots or really pilots of any other planes, other than JT's private plane. We can't justify a pilot training plan for a handful pilots every year. You are right on about the Liberal decimation of our military, but it's not just the Liberals. Our military has been in steep decline since the 1960's. We've just gotten used to letting "Big Brother" to the South look after us.
This is essentially the mind set since the 60's.
We should not invest in multimillion dollar planes or tanks I think anyway. We should be at the leading edge of technology regarding drone tech and autonomous systems and weapons. That would serve us better infinitely better considering our land size and future battlefields.
Much cheaper and easier to mass produce, make money off patents and sales in a private/government partnership that is 100% Canadian, including parts as much as possible.
@@zerospace101 I agree with your idea, However we cannot be fully reliant on new tech. One emp would leave us defenseless. We no longer have basic equipment for our troops never mind the vehicles to move them when needed. Nothing to support them on the field. There are way too many holes that need to be fixed.
@@markweber2553 I did not mean just drones, I meant the larger equipment that is a waste of money these days unless you have a budget like the USA.
Could research effective emp shielding. They would have to know where they are and emit a very large EMP over a wide area to hit anything significant which would affect their stuff as well. Then have a second wave take out the disabled enemy.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
There is always disadvantages and advantages. But for us, this would make the most sense and have the largest impact for the cost over large areas of land which we have.
Use them for surveillance of our waters and forests and just have multiple bases with ground to air defenses and storage facilities for the equipment.
Tanks and Jets are too expensive for us to bring up to sufficient numbers to matter.
@@zerospace101 Like before I agree with pretty much everything you said , tanks are not as effective as they once were, but air superiority wins wars, so you best throw in a multitude of highly capable drones. at least they aren't as expensive as jets. 🤣
@@markweber2553 That is what I meant by drones over single jets. It would be the better direction for our country.
I remember Jagmeet saying a few years ago that we don't need military. I wonder if this could be part of the coalition deal as well.
Who is gonna train the men on how to use tampons?
jt and singh using them for years
Those are not tampons .......they are special ear plugs 🤣
I can tell you what will happen if you speak out against it lol UDI and Charges!!
@@georgee9250 Is not illegal to use a "device" for multiple purposes
Does not matter we don't train men, now we train pussies.
Politicians can't stay out of the military. Feminine hygiene products in men's rooms? Unisex uniforms? Has one of the subs fired a torpedo yet? Instead of buying torpedoes from the UK they decided to modify the subs to take our torpedoes. At a much greater cost. Sad really.
They are diesel powered anyway so reasonably useless.
According to a report I read recently only one is currently serviceable.
Does not matter they are junk unable to go under the ice cap provide no military capability.
Trudeau a joke on all Canadians
Trudeau to the Military: "You will own nothing and be happy"
What happens when a foreign country says the northern islands are theirs?
We can't even build pipelines to keep our country energy independant, who really gives a shit about the north?
We’re not pathetic are leaders and media are. The university crowd are delusional
As a student in Ottawa, I think you are uneducated!
Define what you would call uneducated. One that learns things that aren’t in a text book? So tell me who designed the current financial system as one example. I have a family member literally a cfo with b/a and cpa. She can’t even answer that simple very important question.
@@dougiep2769 Depends on how deep you want to go
Beyond me to vote repeatedly for this worst of worst 👿🤦♀️👿🤦♀️😢😢😢
I think the Canadian Heritage Warplane Museum has a couple Spitfires they could borrow
Can't afford them
Our Indian affairs bureau has far more funding than our entire military??
There's a tonne more Indians than military.
Justin is all talk and no action.
I was in the infantry in the early 90s, when they were shutting down bases. That pales in comparison to what is happening now. My son wants to be a Pilot, and actually welcomes the opportunity to train in Texas. It might allow him to serve for the US instead of Canada.
1) Unless he has US citizenship, he ain't flying for them.
2) At ENJJPT, he'll fly the T-38, which is as old as our Snowbirds jets. Not exactly an upgrade on our CT-155s, which are 30 years younger.
So this is no win for Canada or any aspiring fighter pilot.
While this situation is not ideal, we've cross trained with other allies all the time. Perhaps one day the capability will return and we'll have NFTC again in Canada. Until then, we do what we need to do as shitty as morale gets.
Less than 1% of the Canadian population serve. If he joins and finds it's not for him, there's no shame in that and he made the attempt. But at least he won't have the regret of not doing what so many are either unwilling or unable to do.
It began with the 1966 White Paper on defence under the Pearson Liberal govt. It unified all three services under the Army to “save money”….our CAF experienced a slow downgrade and has never recovered.
Your valid point is just scratching the surface of the problems between the Canadian government and the military. The only question that I would raise, is how does anyone know that if the Conservatives were to get elected, that the situation with the military will significantly improve. The military has been in a 'death spiral' for decades under both the liberals and the conservatives. To ad insult to injury, the canadian press has not be of any help in the past. Why should anything change in the future?
But Canadian here * Honestly a world war or major war but Canada ohhh is like ahh it’s ok dere budd we don’t need those assault rifleroonyies or boonies America will protect us with stuff that good boomyies
Our stockpile of ammo is almost depleted, used in Ukraine.
This is why trudeau and his party need to get the boot.
Don’t have enough ???
Lots available to
Send to Ukraine ?
It's way cheaper to send materiel to Ukraine than forces to eastern Europe if Putin wins. Just saying...
Honestly, any nation such as ours, should always develop our own military equipment. Being dependent on some other nation(s) is just stupid.
The CF18 will not become obsolete, they already are.
We lost out when they tanked the Avro Arrow Then we get Trudeau and what has he done for our Canadian veterans .
Even the Avro super arrow concept
well he did reinstate their lifetime pension and benefits that harper removed, probably the only good thing
We can't even feed them but got lots of feminine hygiene products for them.
Simply just Sad! To know this is happening to Canada 🇨🇦 ❤😪
As bad as you think things are in the CAF right now... they're worse.
Royal Canadian Air Farce. My grandfather - a WW1 air pilot, Would be livid wiith this issue.
As part of the JSF project, training was supposed to be centered in Canada along with writing some of the flight software. WTF happened?!?! That was a rhetorical question, I know what...or rather...who happened.
But.......we do have tampon dispensers in our military base men's washrooms.
Who would be desperate enough to volunteer for the Kanadian forces!
But dump money into ukraine, israel, un, palestine, etc etc etc.
A number of years ago , our centurion tanks were breaking down . Brakes failing ,transmission problems ,high fuel consumption ,,too slow and poorly armed . At this point ,many upgrades were available for Centurion to make them a much better/capable tank . Not exactly cheap ,but cheaper than buying fresh tanks . The government had noticed this problem and ordered replacement parts for the tanks. Notice ,I said "Replacements" ,not improvements. The parts were installed and they worked well.....for 2 years or so. The replacement parts had worn out....big suprise . Other countries had not only replaced parts on their Centurions ,they had improved them and they were still superb tanks ,quite capable of being combat machines.
But not in Canada....
The P.M.went to Germany and ordered Leopard 1 ,which was nearing its production run.
The Germans were developing the very first Leopard 2 and offered Canada an an idea. If Canada could help with some minor issues and some testing ,then Canada could be the first foriegn country to buy Leopard 2 for much less. They were even willing to give us a royalty on any other Leopard 2foriegn sales since we were willing to help with the development and testing.If we bought Leopard 2 for a very good price ,we were in .
Our Pm said no ,just give us our tanks. Our Leopard One(s).
Canada could have been a partner and actually have better tanks than the new M-1 Abramsq, then just coming into service.. We missed out on royalties because our pm was determined-- to pretty much kill the CAF .
Eventually ,we did buy Leopard 2 . Mostly used ..And now our Pm gives them to other countries ,while telling the CAF that they will be replaced .
Eventually.
Not gonna hold my breath.
BTW ,the Leopard 1 purchase/was by Pierre Trudeau.
The great Leopard 2 giveaway ? His son . Justin.
See a pattern ?
Trudeau must go or we loose Canada that’s just a fact
Like Father likeSon.
This government's management of Canada has been atrocious period; never has this country been dragged down so far, so fast.
Where the heck is all our money going? Nothing is being spent for Canadians.
In order repair the Canadian military I think that only women and lgbtqs should be allowed to serve or be conscripted.
And Liberal voters!!!
How sad our government doesn't feel our country deserves the finest everything in and for our Armed Forces and protection. Just add it to the long list of things that need to be restored.
Again you hit the Liberal nail on the head
If we find any retired vets ready and willing to train us, we might have our own Home Guard.
"Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Putin"....🎶
Dads army lol More like geriatric army..
We're celebrating the 100th anniversary of the RCAF, and it almost seems like the Canadian government wants it to be its last.
I had one uncle who served in the RCAF as a Lancaster pilot during WW2, another uncle who was at Dieppe with the Calgary Regiment. My dad was post-war RCAF ground crew. My nephew served two tours in Afghanistan with PPCLI. They would all be appalled by the state of the Canadian military. My nephew most certainly is. He's also lost all trust in the bureaucracy as a veteran.
The military deserves better, the country deserves better. We the people deserve better.
Become obsolete, became obsoleted 20 years ago
Problem is, so many Canadians don’t care about the military. If we are not willing to defend ourselves then why should anyone else?
We don't have the military force to defend our lands yet we give away money and act like a superpower on the world scale...
Im ex RN & for decades the canadian navy has been viewed as a drag on NATO. The personnel are fine its the costant asking for fuel & supplies of other navies is the problem, old ships & very old atrcraft that ain't available due to frequent breakdowns. Canada military has been a standing joke internationally for decades. The 'club' of the senior officers who get special treatment has harmed the forces badly (think russian badly) its like that. The politicians are ultimately to blame, unable to stick to a plan. 44 y o supply ships, 50 y o navy/coatguerd helicopters, museam age front line jets.
We have to give people a goal, a purpose, to join the military. Give people back respect. Give respect back to the military. Bring the military into the modern age. Make us the best trained military in the world. RESPECTABLE. People will start to join again.
Not a surprise Turdeau has no use whatsoever for the armed forces learned it at his dad’s knee .
Then we won’t be protected in an attack .
Canada doesn't have the resources to deal with everyday business.
I wonder how many military people are so disgusted with our government that they thought about leaving.
Yes they have!!!!
I tried to join in the early 80s, under senior’s rule. Glad I was denied because of of medical reasons. Under ‘junior’ , it’s an absolute disgrace and disaster. But what can we expect from a leader who couldn’t fight his way out of an invisible bag?
But remember that Canada's finest capabilities include dancing with the CCP/PLA ... Remember the YWG lab!
I don't know that even Ukraine which has nearly run out of canon fodder recruits at 57 years old like the CAF now does
All are money goes to everyone but Canadians and Canada.
Here, in Vancouver, we have an abundance of bicycles.
Does it count?
At one time we used to train pilots from around the world!!
Our DB politician do not even "salute" our men & women in the CAF. Yet they will give themselves grand opulent burial ceremonies while telling our Veterans & Military members that they are "asking for more than we can give"
These people better find their moral compass before they are shown what that means.
We are a very very long way from the "Canada Air Training Plan"! Remember when everybody came to Canada to train?
I also noticed we have no airforce reserve in British Columbia lowermainland. Like Vancouver or surrey it’s only on Vancouver island. It would be nice to have a force on the mainland for those interested in airforce because I would like to see if I’m good enough to join as airforce is the only branch that has my interest. But im hopeful we will solve these problems
This is essentially the mind set since the 60's.
We should not invest in multimillion dollar planes or tanks I think anyway. We should be at the leading edge of technology regarding drone tech and autonomous systems and weapons. That would serve us better infinitely better considering our land size and future battlefields.
Much cheaper and easier to mass produce, make money off patents and sales in a private/government partnership that is 100% Canadian, including parts as much as possible.
We are better to become specialists more than a general all round army at this point. We ain't competing with no one anymore in traditional terms. So let us level up and go the direction the world is instead of trying to play catch up with numbers of tanks and planes etc.
Video was short. Wheres the longer more analytic clip?
This is embarrassing to hear as a Canadian and Justin Trudeau needs to go.
It all makes sense when you realize that the CAF exists so that the government of the day can spread taxpayer dollars around to their friends and supporters. This applies to both parties that have ruled over the years.
Not a liberal by any means, but our military has been in shambles before Trudeau and unfortunately I don’t see any government party willing to invest the resources required to make it succeed in today’s state of affairs.
Honestly not having a trainer jet is minor when you look at the overall picture. The current state of our military is a joke but it's okay cause no one would ever attack Canada right, we're just too nice 🤦
trudolf is more concerned in laundrying taxpayers money in Ukraine than Canada selfdefense.
The procurement process is a disaster. It has become so bureaucratic under the guise of "fair" competition, which it never is. It is what the Generals/Admirals want in the end. Government should just decide how much you're gonna get and stay out.
When there is no way of living, there is nothing to defend
You betcha!
I am a veteran and, during my 35 yr career, watched the degradation of our military through many different governments. The military had no public voice to speak for us. When I said we didn’t need all that diversity and inclusion crap, I was told I was resistant to change and it would be reflected in my performance evaluation report. The fitness standards were reduced to allow weaker individuals to become soldiers, sailors and airmen. I railed against that and once again I was being resistant to change. It is not just this liberal government that has made the CAF what it is today. Trudeau senior knew the importance of a strong military when he brought in martial law during the FLQ crisis but still allowed the budget to be cut. It’s been a long road down to what the CAF is today and will be a longer road out of the mess we are in. I blame the civilian bureaucracy of DND for most of this mess because the government takes the advice of senior staff in the department. End of rant for today.
Does this surprise anyone?
What next? Travel to the US for a rifle range? Oh, I forgot, we don't have any ammunition, either.
Like the last Liberal 'Decade of Darkness' for the Canadian military, soldiers can just yell "BANG!!" when they shoot.
He dosen't want the public armed either
First thing to do is to destroy a way of life and make it weak. Then step into the gap with a dictatorship to "save" the people. Then when you have seized power make the dictatorship strong by rebuilding the military and police forces as an arm of the dictatorship.
Depressing
The rot in the CAF is now terminal. There's no coming back. The very first thing that would be necessary is the will to bring it back and that doesn't exist and even if it did, just getting back to a level of respectability would take decades and hundreds of billions in expenditure which no government can, or would even want to, commit to.