Yes going from a universally acclaimed by our allies system for it’s simplicity which was uniquely Canadian to a more complex difficult to read system which is based off a order system we don’t even have in Canada (order of Bath) makes lots of sense.
There is nothing "uniquely Canadian" about the unification ranks for officers. They were pretty standard "anglosphere" navy officers ranks.
Except I wasn't just refering to NCM ranks, and even then, the ones above MS are unchanged since unification. People still can't be bothered to learn them, so it's down to the member, not the badges or names.
We used pips and crowns for over a century. It's more Canadian than the system Paul Helleyer made up.
) have ever known the CAF with the pips and crowns?
It’s British, not Canadian. As evidenced by the fact the pip is based off the Order of Bath, a British order Canadians have been unable to be part of since 1952. That sounds super Canadian to me. Also keep in mind most the time we used those ranks Canadians were considered British subjects and lacked autonomy.
I am not a fan of the Army doing so either. That being said there is a difference between people using traditional titles and carrying on their usage (such as Killick or OD) than making up new ranks out of thin air and demanding everyone else use them and not use their legal ranks.
Which ones? Trooper? Bombardier? Colour Sergeant? Those are all legally defined in QR&O Volume 1 Art 3.01 since at least 2006. Sailor 3rd Class is not.
So? Australia and New Zealand use the same ranks and they don't have any issues.
Unification was a failure dreamt up by a legitimately schizophrenic man.
The RCAF ranks went back to pre-unification as well.
We could use any rank system we want and still function, it doesn’t mean it makes sense or should be done. We had a simple effective system and changed it to a colonial system based off honours we don’t even use for nostalgia reasons. By the same logic we should readopt the Red Ensign as our national flag.
Because "Canadian"
And pips and crowns function just fine. But by all means keep yelling at that cloud.
Although I agree that changes made in the last few years was unnecessary and made to please a few, still don't get the S1-S3 system , I am curious what law you refer to when stating legal ranks?
QR&Os have never been amended to make S3-S1 legal ranks.
Proudly aAnd how many of us (other than the few "dinosaurs" around here
And yet we continue to pretend that it works.
The Maple Leaf isn't "Canadian" as western Canada argued when the new flag was foisted on the country. It's range is central Canada and the NE US. It's a minor, imported tree in the west but that didn't stop the Ontario/Quebec lobby from foisting it on the country.
The large crown was never a WO rank. Iy was an invention with unification. The army "Staff Sergeant" and the RCAF "flight sergeant" wore three stripes and a crown which no one could ever mistake for a major. Why someone at the time of unification thought that there was a need to turn a staff sergeant into a WO eludes me. I'm not certain, but the only WO rank at the time was in the air force where it was the equivalent of the army's CWO. Everyone else was some form of the sergeant rank.
