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It had more to do with the PS unions objecting than anything else - they have no love for the military and anything that would give ex-military types a leg-up in the PS was wiped away.  At one time, miliitary service would count to determine leave entitlements in the PS, for example.  The union...

No.  Being a reservists gives you d**k-all when it comes to the PS

If you're talking about closed competitions in the Federal Public Service, the short answer is no.  Members of the CF are not eligible to apply in closed competitions.  The competition poster will tell you what the selection area is, and will be limited to employees of the Public Service.

/sarcasm on Canada: love it or leave it /sarcasm off Sixteen years of working in the bowels of the federal Govt, in uniform and out, have definitely soured me on how this country is run (and being run into the ground).  Once you see sausage being made, you kind of lose the appetite.  And that...

Obviously not, seeing that the leader of the opposition is behaving in no more statesmanlike fashion than the PM - talk about missed opportunities - and no one in the realm of politics is actually noticing that the people are sick to their stomachs.

I'm almost sick to my stomach at the thought that she *may* have handed the fiberals a fighting chance at winning the non-confidence vote on Thursday.  I sure do hope she gets tossed out on her ear during the next election - any politician crossing over in this kind of context to sit with a...

This is the kind of asinine political BS that makes you want to cry.  Are the conservatives any smarter than the liberals?  Not if this is any indication.  Pulling out a dumb idea to buy votes in a single constituency...  A pox on all their houses  :rocket:  The Marijuana Party is starting to...

I do my PT every morning before going to work - be it jogging, cardio or weights.  Wakes me up for the day, I feel more energetic and better able to handle stress.  This is quite a change from my younger days when you couldn't get me out of bed in the AM for PT unless I was forced to (either on...

That, in a nutshell is the heart of the problem.   The chain of command is well informed of the problems.   So what, indeed, is preventing change?   Anyone who can explain that, without using the words "bureaucratic inertia" gets the prize.  

No, that distinction will go to Trudeau, since he actively screwed the country with his policies and landed us where we are now.   Close second will be his lapdog, Chrétien.   Martin hasn't really done anything of importance as PM, compared to those two, and will likely end up in the same...

The reason we have a hard time getting people through the pipeline, especially in the reserves, is systemic and not a factor of recruiting tactics.  My recruiters have, at any given time, 40 odd recruiting files sitting with the recruiting centre, where things are pretty much at a standstill. ...

Why should anyone be surprised?  Using quotas will ensure the use of high-pressure tactics and other objectionable things.  Anyone been at a car dealership lately?  You want to put a stop to it, don't make some poor NCO's career dependent on quotas, which he/she may not be able to meet through...

No.  And they were glad to see me back after my hiatus on the Supp Res

Been there, done that.  Talk to your CO soonest.  Honesty is best if you want to maintain good relations.  Tell him/her what you've just told us.  Most COs will try to see if you can be accommodated in a position that lets you take a break for a year or two, rather than lose a long-time member...

You've hit 1 out of 3 - they don't want to attack us for now, but not because we're not an attractive target or because we don't attack them.  Remember that the jihadists despise everything a western democracy like Canada stands for.  We can go hand out chocolate bars and good-will all we...

This is an example of why corrupt clowns like the liberals get re-elected.  You've bought into the fear-mongering lies, distortion and mud-slinging liberals are good at.  You would be amazed to find out how many liberal MPs oppose abortion or gay marriage.  You'd also be surprised to find out...

Nope - mine, or at least my dad (never was all that sure about mom), was smiling all the way to the bank when I was sworn in at 17.  All that cash he'd stashed away to support my university education became mad money.  Mind you, by then he'd had 20 years in the service and his dad had retired...

Gentlemen,  this individual is a provocateur, who gets his kicks out of getting others riled up.  He has succeeded.  Any attention you pay him or comments you make about him, feeds him.  Ignoring him deprives him of his kicks and is the best way of all to deal with him.

Hmm, didn't we already try something similar, i.e. TASK? IIRC it was canned because of inter-branch politics.

The reserve training system is broken.  Period - end of story.  I've watched things go downhill for the last decade and some lonely nights wonder why we still have a semi-coherent reserve at all.  They pulled the same stunt for officer training a few weeks ago, with the result that we lost one...