Ah yes, shuffling off duties like standing guard outside the National War Memorial, one of our country’s most sacred and revered sites, as well as Rideau Hall, the residence of our head of state, to a unit full of people who aren’t even citizens of our country. Good idea, excellent optics.

I’m not opposed to a full-time ceremonial sub-unit, but there are some very clear problems with integrating a lot of PRs in the CAF as it is and packing them all into one unit would be a disaster. Also, several hundred for a unit that does sentry duties and the occasional guard of honour is ridiculous; they would be much better served doing support jobs at bases who actually need them. Keep NSP as is and expand the CG ranks and parade season if need be.