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Originally Posted by Sliver
On another note, you hear how Americans recruits are tricked by recruiters with bait-and-switch tactics...does that happen in Canada as well or does the compensation, lifestyle, etc. get accurately laid out so young people know exactly what they're signing up for when they join our military?
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I'm not sure how much recruits are tricked in the U.S. as opposed to exploited. For many poor and working-class young men in the U.S., the military and the education and training it provides is the only route out of poverty. Triple the cost of post-secondary education in Canada and you'd see a lot more young people lining up at high school recruitment desks.
And on the subject, IIRC Alberta has the lowest rate of military enrolment in Canada and Nova Scotia has the highest. So in this country it's also a route out of poverty that the comfortably middle-class who have other options don't need to avail themselves of.