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Committee Evidence - NDDN-15
2022-04-04
Hon. John McKay - 16:29
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 16:29
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Thank you very much.
I just want to take this opportunity to thank our speakers for taking time out of their schedules. I was fortunate enough, in my prior life before being an MP, to be the mayor of Essa Township, which has the largest training base on it, which is Base Borden. A lot of the military go through there all the time.
I can tell you, one of the comments that I heard earlier, which was important, was about the lifestyle. Especially now, it's changed over the years. They used to live on the base and now they live in the community. It's not so much the same as it was years ago, so they actually increased the wages at one point in time so they could buy houses in our town. Now the problem is that the average home is $800,000. I'm just wondering if people are looking into that when they're deciding to join the military.
It's certainly like you said with the spouse, the importance of getting involved in sports or teaching our kids hockey, all of the events. They are part of our community now. It's really changed. I'm just wondering if that is part of the reason we're maybe not getting more applications.
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Canadian Forces
Income and wages
Military recruitment
Paxton Mayer - 16:30
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 16:31
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Thank you for that.
I have one more comment. I was fortunate enough as well, in the prior sitting, to actually be on this committee. I was part of the study that we did into sexual misconduct in the military. I don't know if you had an opportunity to witness or to see any of that. I can tell you, as an MP in a riding with a base, the amount of filibustering by the government during that period of time, when we had people there that had testimony, and to not come to a conclusion was certainly disappointing. I just want to simply.... Do you think that committee helped in any way to increase the numbers who might want to join today?
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Canadian Forces
Military recruitment
Sexual harassment
Paxton Mayer - 16:32
Hon. John McKay - 16:33
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 16:33
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Quickly, do you think the lack of infrastructure that we have would perhaps be another thought process for why people don't want to get involved? I used to get people picketing my offices, for instance, because they were against the purchase of some equipment for the military. That's changed, certainly, since the invasion. It seems to be going a different way.
Do you think that might hinder people who learn something and then go somewhere else after?
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Canadian Forces
Infrastructure
Military recruitment
Hon. John McKay - 16:33
Hon. John McKay - 17:18
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 17:18
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I want to take an opportunity to thank our presenters today and get back to my colleague's question. I don't know if you were on the first part, but Base Borden is within my riding and I was the mayor there, so we worked often together with the base commander on social issues that would involve the spouse. Like I said, we implemented a bus system that ran to the city, because a lot of them could only afford one car perhaps. For getting jobs, I heard earlier that it can be difficult to get employment in the area. When you get back to the housing, and I said this in the last one on the cost of the housing, I think we're way behind already and we have these concerns. I said this on the last one.
What concrete things should we do now that are actually going to make change that is attainable without great debate, whether it's politically or whatever it might be, to hopefully change some of these things that are going on there and help the people who are frustrated and who are part of the organization now, and even veterans before, a lot of whom are facing some tough times out there. What can we do right now that could be the low-hanging fruit so that we can get ahead of the game?
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Canadian Forces
Military recruitment
Madeleine Nicole Maillette - 17:19
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 17:20
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Did you have anything to add, Ms. Lane?
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Andrea Lane - 17:20
CPC (ON)
Terry Dowdall (Simcoe—Grey)
2022-04-04 17:21
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I'll ask one other question.
When we talk about recruiting people, do you think we're doing enough, perhaps educationally, with parents and communities to understand what it means to be part of the CAF? Are we starting early enough, like in the schools, and really showcasing the different aspects and the different careers that can come out of it?
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Canadian Forces
Information dissemination
Military recruitment
Hon. John McKay - 17:22
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