Members of the public sign up to receive further details by email at the Royal Canadian Navy recruitment booth at the Lanaudière Job Fair in Terrebonne, Quebec. May 15, 2026. Cory Wright/The Globe and Mail.Cory Wright/The Globe and Mail
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Canada has been pushing to increase its defence efforts. Earlier this year, Canada reached its NATO defence spending target of two per cent of GDP. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to obtain new early warning aircraft technology. And the Canadian military is seeing an increase in enlistment rates.
Janice Dickson is The Globe’s international affairs reporter. Earlier this month, she visited a military recruitment booth at a job fair. She’s on the show to talk about what is drawing potential recruits to enlist and what is behind this surge in enlistment.
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