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Young Canadians are being priced out of home ownership and even parenthood. Why on earth would mandatory national service make them love their country more? (www.thestar.com)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Does the mandatory national service pay $30+/hour, with raises if you stay voluntarily after the mandatory period is finished? That might do it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, that was my first thought. If it was a guaranteed well-paying career like it used to be maybe it would change the mood in here. Otherwise, no, it's just a way to have a less pathetic military.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

$30/h today and still $30/h 20 years from now and they'll wonder why people are upset again.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Classic "our model doesn't work anymore for some reason". How about instead of pay we try to "modernize" it with [insert buzzword]?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Let’s modernize it with AI that will get the kids interested.