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The Canadian Armed Forces has received more than 21,000 applications from permanent residents eager to join the chronically understaffed military full time β€” but CBC News has learned that less than 100 of them have made it into the regular force in the year since they were allowed to sign up.

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[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago

No shit they lost interest... 18-24 months is ridiculous.

The Minister of Defense's suggestion to accept them on a probationary basis makes a lot of sense; do a quick scan for international crime/terror lists and a Canadian criminal records check, then maybe a phone call with a Canadian citizen who can confirm their identity? idk, but that ought to be quick and should catch most, then don't give them access to classified data or unsupervised postings until they pass a full security clearance.