Veterans of Canadian Forces ‘hidden source of talent’ and employers can do a lot more
Two years ago in Afghanistan, I stood among a circle of soldiers at Kandahar Airfield and listened to Gen. Walter Natynczyk, then chief of the defence staff of the Canadian Forces, speak to his troops. Early in his career, he said — before anyone had ever heard of al-Qaida — he never would have expected to see Canadian troops in Afghanistan.