AG says military behind on recruiting, members living in dilapidated quarters

Federal Auditor General Karen Hogan says many of the living spaces used by Canadian Armed Forces members across

several bases, including CFB Trenton are in “poor physical condition” and ripe for overcrowding.

In an audit released this morning, Hogan looks at living conditions at Trenton and two other Canadian Forces bases: Esquimalt in British Columbia and Gagetown in New Brunswick.

Hogan’s audit reports that aging living quarters are often in serious states of disrepair with deteriorating walls, a lack of

drinking water and malfunctioning sewage systems.

The audit says the Canadian Forces Housing Agency does not have enough residential housing units for what the military needs posing a challenge as the Canadian Armed Forces looks to add more than 6,000 new members by April 2029.

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