Military now accepting recruits with asthma, ADHD and other conditions amid staffing shortage
As the Canadian Armed Forces continue to try and dig out of a deep recruitment hole, they’re starting to give new recruits with medical conditions a shot at joining the military rather than automatically turning them away.
Maj.-Gen. Scott Malcolm, the military’s surgeon general, says the forces will now consider applicants with “any and all conditions” for enrolment, including ADHD, anxiety and asthma.
“With all medical conditions there’s a spectrum,” said Malcolm. “So those that are on the lower end to medium spectrum are unlikely to have any challenges getting in.”
