On August 8, 2025, the Government of Canada announced a broad set of improvements to pay and benefits for Canadian Armed Forces members. The changes are part of the government’s efforts to address personnel and operational challenges. They will be rolled out over the next year as part of the government’s broader efforts to address personnel and operational challenges.
On this week’s installment of the Expert Series, President of the Royal Canadian Artillery Association, Col (Ret’d) Stéphane Boucher, Charlotte duval lantoine, Vice President, Ottawa Operations and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, and BGen (Ret’d) Peter Atkinson provided their perspectives on the new CAF compensation and benefits package and the impact it could have on recruitment and retention, military service and environmental allowances, family mobility, the need for structural reform in equipment procurement and training, military housing and organizational culture issues, modernization of digital infrastructure, acceleration of the recruitment process, and the broader context of meeting Canada’s 2% defence spending target.
