Soldiers Asking for Donations to Help With Housing, Food Costs: Memo to Gen. Eyre

Canadian Forces personnel stand easy at CFB Kingston in Kingston, Ont., on March 7, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The military’s chaplain-general says many soldiers are struggling with the high cost of living and morale is the lowest it’s been in recent memory.

Chaplains say in a briefing note written to the chief of the defence staff that more Armed Forces members are asking for help to make ends meet.