Canada's Minister of National Defence is bragging about the highest military recruitment numbers in 30 years. 7,310 new regular force members. 44,000 applications. Numbers that sound incredible on paper.But here is what they are not telling you.20% of those new recruits are not Canadian citizens. They are permanent residents. And we have no idea how many of the remaining 80% were actually born in Canada.Of the 44,000 who applied, only 7,300 made it to basic training. That is not a recruitment success story. That is a broken system celebrating its own dysfunction.There are reports of recruits who don't speak French or English joining our armed forces.And those critical roles they are now claiming are filled? They didn't suddenly find qualified pilots or weapons engineers. They changed the definition of critical. They introduced trade mergers and a probationary period that moves unqualified recruits into critical categories to make the spreadsheet look green.Tonight JTF2 veteran and owner of Direct Action Combat Randy Turner joins the show to break down what these numbers actually mean for the readiness and sovereignty of the Canadian Armed Forces.Because when it comes to defending this country, optics are not enough.#CanadianMilitary #CAF #RandyTurner #JTF2 #Canada #NationalDefence #McGuinty #Recruitment #CanadianPolitics #NicoLagan #ThePoliticalOrphans #Sovereignty #Military