EXCLUSIVE: Military Officers Decry Base Living Conditions, Say Retention and Mental Health at Risk: Leaked Memo

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary on July 8, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

In a recently leaked Canadian Armed Forces memo, military officers decried poor on-base living conditions for students at the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE) in Kingston, Ont., saying it’s threatening student mental health and retention.

“The corner of a four-person room cannot be made your home,“ reads a briefing note titled ”Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics Accommodations,“ saying that live-in students at the CFSCE are ”inadequately housed.”