Post by Rick (Admin) on Feb 28, 2013 17:30:20 GMT -5
Recruiting centre to close
NORTH BAY - The Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in North Bay will close this summer, a victim of federal budget cuts.
The centre is one of 12 across the country to be closed since the beginning of last year.
Three regular force members now employed at the centre will be posted to another unit “as part of the normal posting process,” according to Maj. Richard Langlois of the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group from Canadian Forces Base Borden.
“The adjustment made to our manning levels will allow us to deploy more mobile teams to partially offset the impact in the areas where no recruiting centres exist,” Langlois said.
“As always, applicants interested in joining the CF can readily apply online.”
The North Bay office took in 54 recruits in the 2011-2012 fiscal year, down from 89 in 2010-11. Of those, 31 were regular force personnel and 23 reservists last year, with 56 regular force personnel and 38 reservists the previous year.
“The only time you have to go in (to a recruiting centre) is to sign the papers,” a member of the Canadian Forces media centre in Ottawa said.
Duties for the local recruiting office will be handled out of the Sudbury office.
The North Bay office covers the region from Burk’s Falls to Temiskaming Shores.
Other offices closing this summer include sites in Windsor, Kitchener, Thunder Bay, Trois-Rivières, Saint John, Bathurst, Saskatoon and Yellowknife.
Offices in Sault Ste. Marie, Mississauga and Rouyn, Que., closed last year.
A notice on the Canadian Forces recruiting website notes that “As of 4 February 2013, Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Northern and Eastern Ontario, which includes our detachments in Ottawa, Kingston, North Bay and Sudbury, will no longer accept paper applications. All applications submitted on this date or after must be completed online.”
www.nugget.ca/2013/02/28/recruiting-centre-to-close