Earlier this year, Gen. Wayne Eyre, the Chief of the Defence Staff, told the media that about one in 10 positions in the Canadian Armed Forces sits empty, with potential consequences for readiness. And last month, taking his boss’s lead, Vice-Adm. Angus Topshee, the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, went public about the navy’s “critical state” in a remarkable and blunt YouTube message on the RCN’s official account.
