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Rebuild Canadian naval infrastructure before expanding recruitment

Canada should repair pay, accommodation, training capacity, and infrastructure before recruiting a much larger navy.

Question

How would you rebuild Royal Canadian Navy investment and enlistment systems?

Short answer

Fix pay, accommodation, training, and infrastructure first, then expand personnel into a system able to use them.

Notes

A national-service or rapid-expansion scheme fails when ships, quarters, and schools cannot absorb the new people. Poor wages and living conditions also undermine retention before recruiting can solve the personnel shortage. Canada therefore needs to rebuild the supporting system ahead of headline expansion. Once accommodation, training capacity, and career conditions improve, new recruits can enter a navy able to use them.