Young Canadians are being priced out of home ownership and even parenthood. Why on earth would mandatory national service make them love their country more?www.thestar.comexternal-link floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) Canada@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months ago message-square31fedilinkarrow-up1133
arrow-up1133external-linkYoung Canadians are being priced out of home ownership and even parenthood. Why on earth would mandatory national service make them love their country more?www.thestar.com floofloof ( @floofloof@lemmy.ca ) Canada@lemmy.caEnglish • 4 months ago message-square31fedilink
minus-square Revan343 ( @Revan343@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink17•4 months agoDoes the mandatory national service pay $30+/hour, with raises if you stay voluntarily after the mandatory period is finished? That might do it.
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink7•edit-24 months agoYeah, that was my first thought. If it was a guaranteed well-paying career like it used to be maybe it would change the mood in here. Otherwise, no, it’s just a way to have a less pathetic military.
Does the mandatory national service pay $30+/hour, with raises if you stay voluntarily after the mandatory period is finished? That might do it.
Yeah, that was my first thought. If it was a guaranteed well-paying career like it used to be maybe it would change the mood in here. Otherwise, no, it’s just a way to have a less pathetic military.