Hillier terms Armed Forces recruitment 'very ambitious' (Sun news)

[Yrys]

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/06/04/4232553-sun.html

CALGARY -- Applications to the Canadian Armed Forces have swelled amid the backdrop of the dangerous NATO
mission in wartorn Afghanistan, the chief of Canada's defence staff said yesterday.

In an address to delegates at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference, Gen. Rick Hillier said the military
has been "106% successful" in meeting its recruitment target to add more than 12,000 people this spring.

"We have set a very ambitious goal and we have over-accomplished, if you will," said Hillier.

"Just last year we had 25,000 applications of men and women to join us -- this year we have 35,000.

"There was a survey made up of men and women aged 18 to 32, and 15 to 16% of them see themselves going
into the Canadian forces in the not too distant future."

 

[Jacqueline]

I like this news, because to me if the majority of people(or in this case a whole country) are in a parallel mind frame, that is when changes (for the better) start to fall into place. That's good news.