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Good idea or not?
To me, mercenaries will never fight as hard for their nation as happy, patriotic citizens. There is also a real danger of foreign spies and even those undermining the military they join if in large numbers and important positions.
We destroy our best and brightest here so we need constantly look elsewhere.
We trained with China in 2018, this CANNOT happen again.
nationalpost.com
A new program aimed at attracting skilled recruits from foreign militaries is “nothing new,” according to a professor at the Canadian Forces College.
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab unveiled a new scheme on Wednesday that she said would help “attract the best talent” to the Canadian Armed Forces.
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“There are lots of people who began their military careers in one nation and end up in Canada,” Paul T. Mitchell, a professor at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, said Thursday in an email.
Potential drawbacks to hiring experts from foreign militaries “is the security aspect,” said Michel Maisonneuve, a retired lieutenant-general.
“These people — you have to vet them properly,” he said. “To bring (Canadians) into our own armed forces is taking months. Is somebody going to stick with it who’s coming from outside?”
Whether they should be accepted by the Canadian military would depend on where recruits are coming from and their level of experience, said Ken Hansen, a military analyst and former Royal Canadian Navy commander.
“If they’re coming from Sweden and the United States, and Australia, then fine. They’re familiar with our system of operation and how governments let contracts and how programs are run,” he said. “But if they’re coming from a third world country or China or North Korea, I would say that they should weed those fellows out.”
But the “value of such recruitment is that you can bring in experience at the right level, rather than having to develop it yourself,” Mitchell said.
That wouldn’t mean, for example, recruiting a “civilian engineer to a middle management level within the military as they have never gone through all the basic and important formative training at lower levels,” he said.
To me, mercenaries will never fight as hard for their nation as happy, patriotic citizens. There is also a real danger of foreign spies and even those undermining the military they join if in large numbers and important positions.
We destroy our best and brightest here so we need constantly look elsewhere.
We trained with China in 2018, this CANNOT happen again.
Government plans to boost Canadian Forces with foreign recruits
Boosting military with foreign recruits 'nothing new,' says one expert, but they have to be vetted properly, a former general says.
nationalpost.com
A new program aimed at attracting skilled recruits from foreign militaries is “nothing new,” according to a professor at the Canadian Forces College.
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab unveiled a new scheme on Wednesday that she said would help “attract the best talent” to the Canadian Armed Forces.
Article content
“There are lots of people who began their military careers in one nation and end up in Canada,” Paul T. Mitchell, a professor at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, said Thursday in an email.
Potential drawbacks to hiring experts from foreign militaries “is the security aspect,” said Michel Maisonneuve, a retired lieutenant-general.
“These people — you have to vet them properly,” he said. “To bring (Canadians) into our own armed forces is taking months. Is somebody going to stick with it who’s coming from outside?”
Whether they should be accepted by the Canadian military would depend on where recruits are coming from and their level of experience, said Ken Hansen, a military analyst and former Royal Canadian Navy commander.
“If they’re coming from Sweden and the United States, and Australia, then fine. They’re familiar with our system of operation and how governments let contracts and how programs are run,” he said. “But if they’re coming from a third world country or China or North Korea, I would say that they should weed those fellows out.”
But the “value of such recruitment is that you can bring in experience at the right level, rather than having to develop it yourself,” Mitchell said.
That wouldn’t mean, for example, recruiting a “civilian engineer to a middle management level within the military as they have never gone through all the basic and important formative training at lower levels,” he said.
