Canada's Armed Forces See Record Recruitment

0:00It's April 20th, I'm Cory with the story. This is Canada News today, driven by AI. Canada's armed forces are seeing their best recruitment numbers in 30 years, with over 7,000 new members joining in the past year. Defense Minister David McGinty announced this surge, calling it a major turnaround for the military. They got more than 44,000 applications for the regular force alone, which is 62 percent higher than the year before. He changes like higher pay and easier medical standards for enlistment, really boosted those numbers. Just last year, the previous Defense Minister described recruitment as a death spiral, but McGinty sees this as positive momentum without claiming. Victory yet. Still, shortages persist in critical areas, like weapons, engineer technicians, and marine technicians, so the work continues. Overall, it's a solid step forward, keeping Canada stronger on defense while they fine-tune to fill every gap.