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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm going under the assumption that only a fraction of conscripts would be put into combat training, and even most of those would never be deployed overseas. How many reservists in Canada served in combat in Afghanistan?
It would be more of a public service model. Conscripts in Israel can choose to work as orderlies in hospitals, for example. In Canada, people could work building infrastructure in national parks, or in the the North. Fight fires in the summer.
It's probably not practical owing to the infrastructure requirements. But I think it would be a social good.
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Short answer is as many as wanted to serve. Calgary Highlanders, for example, contributed over 100% of it's strength to the mission:
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-hi...ions-1.2182518
I think the problem is you would create a 2 tiered military which isn't a good thing (and arguably this already exists).