Canadian Armed Forces says 2,400 permanent residents applied to join in November
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“It is the exact same process,” Roby said. “Having said that, we would expect ? the process will take longer. Every file is reviewed on an individual basis.”To speed up the process, Roby said the military hopes to partner with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to share information collected by immigration officials when prospective recruits first applied for permanent residence.
The military has been dealing with an unprecedented personnel crisis that has included successive shortfalls in recent years when it comes to adding new recruits.Recruitment cratered during the first year of COVID-19 as the military shuttered recruiting and training centres. The result: only 2,000 people were enrolled in 2020-21 _ less than half of what was needed.
Defence analyst Stefanie von Hlatky, of Queen’s University, said while the move has the potential to boost recruiting efforts and diversity in the military, application processing will be a key challenge.
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