r/canadaguns • u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist • Mar 22 '26

News / Politics / Activism Canada fast-tracks army rifle upgrade with $307M initial order | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/army-rifles-defence-procurement-canada-9.7134518

Was this Colt’s reward for participating in the gun confiscation program?

$307,000,000 rifle contract.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

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u/Spydude84 Mar 22 '26

New equipment could help in certain areas, if we have modern jets we might get more air force signups, but I think the reality is that a lot of young people don't feel like their country is worth fighting and dying for right now.

Liberal policies seem to universally crush military recruitment. Biden had issues, but now Trump's military is seeing great numbers.

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u/thisghy Mar 22 '26

You also need real operations to get involved in and keep looking forward to, or else troops leave after a little while. We dont have those, we have Latvia.

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u/PteSoupSandwich The 10/22 Dude Mar 22 '26

👆 True.

Most of the guys I served with got out after Afghanistan was done. Nothing to do and nowhere to go wasn't appealing to a lot of us.