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Ottawa Considering ‘Combination of Approaches’ to 20% Military Pay Hike

On June 21, 2025, Ottawa announced a planned near 20 percent pay increase for Canadian Armed Forces members amid ongoing recruitment and retention challenges.
This announcement follows years of personnel shortages, housing issues, training delays, and past unfulfilled promises that have frustrated military personnel.
Defence Minister David McGuinty's office is considering a combination of approaches including retention bonuses for stress trades and broad salary increases.
Charlotte Duval-Lantoine noted that military pay scales are complex and predicted the increase will not be an across-the-board hike, while former ombudsman Gary Walbourne called the promise vague.
The pay raise aims to improve attraction and retention, but effective implementation remains uncertain given infrastructure problems and complicated pay mechanisms.

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Ottawa Citizen

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Government changing tune on 20-per-cent pay hike for Canadian Forces personnel

The defence minister's office and Department of National Defence can’t provide a date for the raise or say it will really be 20 per cent.

2 days ago·Ottawa, Canada

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CBC News

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Waterloo region's tech companies 'tremendously excited' by federal plan to spend more on defence

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced the federal government will increase spending on defence. That's good news to local tech companies which have developed applications and devices that could benefit Canada's armed forces.

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Global News

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More Canadians want to join the military, but current members keep leaving - National

Numbers obtained by Global News show the retention crisis is getting worse, as Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to rebuild the military.

3 days ago·Toronto, Canada

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Ottawa considering ’combination of approaches’ to 20% military pay hike

The options include retention bonuses for stress trades, increased starting salaries for junior members, and a broad-based salary increase

4 days ago·Canada

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Ottawa Considering ‘Combination of Approaches’ to 20% Military Pay Hike

Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office says it’s considering a “combination of approaches” to boosting pay for armed service members, including introducing retention bonuses for “stress trades.” “This investment represents an almost 20 percent increase to the overall CAF compensation envelope,” McGuinty’s spokesperson Laurent de Casanove said in an email statement to The Canadian Press. “The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Arme…

4 days ago·New York, United States

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Ottawa considering ‘combination of approaches’ to 20% military pay hike

Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office says it’s considering a 'combination of approaches' to boosting pay for armed service members, including introducing retention bonuses for 'stress trades.'

4 days ago·Canada

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