Canadian Military Short Thousands of Troops as COVID-19 Impedes Training Efforts

Canadian Military Short Thousands of Troops as COVID-19 Impedes Training Efforts
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march in a file photo. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The Canadian Armed Forces is dealing with a shortfall of several thousand troops as the COVID−19 pandemic forces the military to curb the training of new recruits.

Canada’s military is expected to have 68,000 fulltime members and 29,000 part−time reservists in uniform at any given time to conduct the numerous missions assigned to it here and overseas.