Maxime Bernier, Leader of the People’s Party of Canada:
We don’t need this new immigration program with its expedited entry process to Canada to recruit soldiers. We need an army of non-woke soldiers, loyal to Canada.
First: Let’s fire all these incompetent, woke generals.
Second: Let’s eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, gender nonsense, and woke rules that apply to the armed forces.
Third: Let’s discharge all non-citizen soldiers and reinstate those who were discharged because of mandatory vaccination, with payment of back wages.
“In October, 2025, the federal auditor-general’s office published a scathing report on the CAF’s recruiting problems, stating that “ineffective” decision-making and “disjointed” ownership of the recruiting process between various committees and groups had affected its operational readiness and ability to respond to threats.
The report found that in the period between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2025, almost 192,000 people applied to the CAF, but only 15,000 were accepted. The CAF had planned to recruit roughly 19,700 people in that period. Moreover, it often took twice as long to recruit than the target of between 100 and 150 days, leading to more than 100,000 applicants voluntarily withdrawing from the recruiting process.
“The system is broken. Recruiting has been a chronic, ongoing problem for many years. Young people are coming to CAF’s doors, they are just not getting through,” said Grazia Scoppio, professor of defence studies at the Royal Military College of Canada.”
We don’t need this new immigration program with its expedited entry process to Canada to recruit soldiers. We need an army of non-woke soldiers, loyal to Canada.
First: Let’s fire all these incompetent, woke generals.
Second: Let’s eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion… pic.twitter.com/9XgS4GWLVd
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) February 21, 2026
