The CAF has gone downhill ever since that guy who rode through Montreal on a motorcycle wearing a German army helmet and urging his Quebec counterparts to stay out of  WWII was elected PM in 1968.

Trudeau 1.0 regarded the military with contempt and made major cuts in the defence budget plus policy changes that demoralized serving personnel and led to many (like me) getting out of forces in frustration.

The Chretien years were rightly called "The Decade of Darkness" by then chief of the defence staff General Rick Hillier.

Trudeau 2.0 is very much of the same mindset as his father and his political godfather when it comes to the military and is happy to continue as a military welfare bum sponging off the US and contributing less than half the spending committed to by all NATO countries in 2014.

But what can one expect from the guy who said "If we kill the enemy, they win" and who preferred to send winter socks, boots and platitudes instead of CF-18 jets in the war with ISIS. 

Sad.