National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013

National
Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q1 Are you (check all that apply):
Answered: 1,480 Skipped: 70 Unaffiliated with the Cadet... A Parent or Youth Interested... A Current Cadet A Current Cadet Officer,... A Cadet Headquarters Bureaucrat A Current Cadet Parent or Guardian A Member of the Canadian Forces Male
Female
Under Age 21
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Answer Choices Unaffiliated with the Cadet Program A Parent or Youth Interested in Joining the Program A Current Cadet A Current Cadet Officer, Civilian Instructor, or Volunteer A Cadet Headquarters Bureaucrat A Current Cadet Parent or Guardian A Member of the Canadian Forces Male Female Under Age 21 Total Respondents: 1,480
Responses 11.82% 3.04% 42.64% 27.09% 0.68% 6.49% 15.61% 53.04% 20.74% 38.65% 175 45 631 401 10 96 231 785 307 572
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q2 Cadets and CIC Officers have suggested that the current Tri-service week-night cadet program is dull, hard to manage, and designed from a cookie-cutter perspective. Do you agree?
Answered: 1,050 Skipped: 500
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Answer Choices Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree Do Not Know Total
Responses 11.90% 28.86% 22.95% 15.81% 8.38% 12.10% 125 303 241 166 88 127 1,050
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q3 Cadets and CIC officers have suggested a deliberate political effort by Headquarters bureaucrats at Regional Cadet Support Units to take the Sea, Army, and Air out of the Sea, Army, and Air Cadet programs. Do you agree?
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Responses 13.85% 15.38% 12.32% 12.89% 33.52% 12.03% 145 161 129 135 351 126 1,047
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q4 Cadet program participants have suggested that more Sea, Army, and Air element training, such as more gliding for Air Cadets, more sailing for Sea Cadets, and authorizing paintballing for Army Cadets, would increase interest. Do you agree?
Strongly Agree
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Responses 64.59% 25.55% 3.92% 2.01% 2.20% 1.72% 675 267 41 21 23 18 1,045
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q5 Cadet program participants have suggested that instead of shutting down the cadet gliding program, Cadets Canada should reduce salaries for Headquarters bureaucrats, and the number of full-time CIC Reservists camping in cadet Headquarters positions. Do you agree?
Strongly Agree
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Responses 34.53% 29.98% 18.18% 5.61% 5.61% 6.09% 357 310 188 58 58 63 1,034
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q6 Cadet program participants have suggested that 'soft' training activities such as "Expedition Training" and the Rocky Mountain Cadet Camp are expensive taxpayer funded vacations for a small group of cadets. Suggestions have been made that more broadly available skills training, such as trades training, driver courses, leadership training, and military skills training would be cheaper to run, benefit more cadets, and give actual skills to cadets entering the workforce. Do you agree?
Strongly Agree
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Strongly Disagree
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Responses 25.41% 32.91% 19.28% 10.13% 7.79% 4.48% 261 338 198 104 80 46 1,027
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q7 Please list three or more things you most like about the cadet training program.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q8 Please list three or more things you most dislike about the cadet training program.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q9 Do you believe the cadet program, like Scouts Canada, should have to submit to external review of all historical and current sexual abuse claims against the program?
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Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total
Responses 55.05% 16.07% 28.88% 387 113 203 703
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q10 In October of 2012, Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC) Captain Daniel Moriarty was convicted of sexually grooming two cadets under his care, a male and a female, using Facebook messaging, and engaging in inappropriate sexual relations with them. Since that time, Cadets Canada and Captain Moriarty's home RCSU, RCSU Pacific, have not made public any policy changes with regard to the use of social media with cadets. Do you think Cadets Canada has been derelict in failing to put a national social media policy in place after the Moriarty molestation incident?
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Responses 47.27% 26.29% 26.44% 329 183 184 696
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q11 From 1998 to 2000, Christopher Paul Neil, AKA Swirl Face, a convicted international child molester, taught morality and ethics as a chaplain at Greenwood Cadet Summer Training Centre in Nova Scotia. Should the cadet program heighten screening for persons hired into the program from outside, like chaplains at cadet camps?
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Responses 87.41% 4.86% 7.73% 611 34 54 699
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q12 In 2010, the Sponsoring Committee Chairman of 845 Air Cadets in Mississauga was charged with sexual offences against a 15 year old boy. Should League volunteers who work directly with cadets have to go through the same screening as officers and civilian instructors in the program?
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Responses 86.25% 7.24% 6.51% 596 50 45 691
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q13 In August of 2013, #82 Brandon Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron sexual predator Iain Smy was sentenced to six years imprisonment in a civilian court for using the cadet program within the boundaries of RCSU Northwest to sexually abuse cadets placed under his authority. Do you believe that civilian courts do a much better job than military courts of dealing with the numerous sexual predators involved with Cadets Canada?
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Responses 26.92% 27.21% 45.88% 186 188 317 691
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q14 On August 1st, 2010, three female cadets were woken from sleep and sexually assaulted in their bunks by an inebriated male soldier, Corporal A.M. Lough, at Cold Lake Cadet Summer Training Centre. Do you think that greater security measures should be taken to protect cadets at Cold Lake and other cadet camps?
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Responses 69.39% 16.33% 14.29% 476 112 98 686
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q15 In 2007, a 55-year-old RCSU Northwest (then RCSU Prairie) staff officer, Gregory Edward Sutton, was convicted of offering to trade a cadet laptop to a 15-year-old male cadet in exchange for oral sex. Do you think that enough is being done by Cadets Canada and RCSU Northwest to root out sexual abuse of the children in their care?
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Responses 22.25% 39.39% 38.36% 152 269 262 683
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q16 In 2012, the Commanding Officer of the Air Cadet Squadron in Meadow Lake Saskatchewan, John Hardwick, was convicted of sexually abusing a 12-year-old female relative. Do you think that RCSU Northwest appropriately screened, evaluated and monitored this staff member that it selected for command?
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Responses 20.27% 39.35% 40.38% 137 266 273 676
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q17 In 2009, former CF member Danny Davis was convicted of sexually abusing cadets in the equipment room of the Cornwall Armouries, and at the Ipperwash Military base, in the 1970s and 1980s. Are you concerned that it took almost thirty years for Mr. Davis to be brought to justice, and current sexual abuse victims in the cadet program might face the same risk of delay?
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Responses 67.12% 14.80% 18.09% 449 99 121 669
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q18 On February 18th, 2011, the London (Ontario) Free Press reported that a Second Lieutenant was disciplined and given a gag order for raising concerns about a sex offender, Roger Micks, instructing cadets in the area. The Free Press further reported that when parents took action, the commander of RCSU Central downplayed the incident, saying youth were never at risk. Are you concerned that Cadets Canada focuses more on the public affairs result of sexual misconduct than on actually protecting youth?
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Responses 55.04% 18.95% 26.02% 366 126 173 665
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q19 In 2010, CIC Lieutenant M.J.M Paradis was sentenced to less than two months in jail for sexually abusing a cadet under his care. Are you concerned that the military justice system is not equipped to properly deal with sexual offences against youth, and gives softer sentences than the civilian system would hand down?
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Responses 52.35% 18.06% 29.59% 345 119 195 659
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q20 In 2010, CIC Lieutenant D. Mahaney was sentenced to a $2000 fine and a "severe reprimand" for sexually touching and making sexual comments to a female cadet in his care. Do you believe that a small fine and a "severe reprimand" are effective deterrents to this sort of conduct?
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Responses 12.25% 67.78% 19.97% 81 448 132 661
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q21 In 2012, in the Newfoundland case of R. v. T.K., a 33-year old male Army Cadet CIC Officer engaged in a relationship where he had repeated oral sex with a 14-year-old female Cadet who transferred from Air Cadets to his Army Cadet corps, often picking her up at lunchtime from her middle school. The Army Cadet Officer was convicted of sexual interference and sentenced to 21 months in prison (by a civilian court, which took his offence seriously). Do you believe that Cadets Canada should have to submit to a public review of these incidents to ensure public and parental confidence in the cadet system's response to them?
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Responses 64.69% 15.07% 20.24% 425 99 133 657
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q22 From 1970 - 1978, CIC Lieutenant (Naval) Conrad Sundman sexually abused a large number of male Sea Cadets between the ages of 13 and 15 at the Captain Vancouver Sea Cadet Corps in British Columbia. He was convicted in 2001. Do you believe that Cadets Canada should have uncovered this abuse in less time than twenty years?
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Do Not Know
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Responses 71.67% 7.66% 20.67% 468 50 135 653
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q23 In 2003, in the Newfoundland case of R. v. M., the Regimental Sergeant Major (senior cadet) of the Corner Brook Army Cadets was convicted of masturbating and performing fellatio (male oral sex) on four young cadets. Do you believe that Cadets Canada should perform screening on youth put in leadership roles in the program, many of whom are 16, 17, and 18 years old?
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Do Not Know
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Responses 44.43% 36.03% 19.54% 291 236 128 655
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q24 The above list gives only some of the Cadets Canada child sexual abuse occurrences publicly searchable online. More incidents are publicly discoverable, and certainly more have not been publicized. Taken in sum, with the publicly known sexual abuse cases showing that Cadets Canada has a similar child sexual abuse record to Scouts Canada or the Catholic Church, should Cadets Canada have to submit to a public audit all its sexual abuse incident records and investigations, to help determine what steps can be taken to keep cadets safe?
Strongly Agree
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Answer Choices Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree No Opinion Total
Responses 31.79% 36.27% 10.96% 3.24% 2.78% 14.97% 206 235 71 21 18 97 648
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q25 Following the question above, and particularly if you selected "Neutral", "Disagree", or "Strongly Disagree", please suggest how many more sexual abuse victims Cadets Canada should wait for before submitting to an external audit of historical and current sexual abuse claims and response procedures.
Answered: 521 Skipped: 1,029
0 Victims
1 - 5 Victims
6 - 25 Victims
26 - 98 Victims
98 - 200 Victims
200 + Victims
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Answer Choices 0 Victims 1 - 5 Victims 6 - 25 Victims 26 - 98 Victims 98 - 200 Victims 200 + Victims Total
Responses 75.82% 9.79% 4.99% 2.69% 1.34% 5.37% 395 51 26 14 7 28 521
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q26 Girl Guides of Canada has almost no history of sexual abuse. Do you believe that increasing female leadership within Cadets Canada would cause the leadership to begin taking sexual abuse claims seriously?
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Responses 35.58% 36.21% 28.21% 227 231 180 638
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q27 In your own words, explain your reasoning as to why the Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention program and the Positive Social Relations for Youth program that were put in place to stop the abuse described above have failed. Additionally, explain whether you believe the senior bureaucrats at the Regional Cadet Support Units, who approve all adult staff enrolments and hold command responsibility over adult staff, should be held personally responsible for future incidences of ongoing child abuse within the cadet system; or whether those bureaucrats can deny responsibility on the basis of having put these failed prevention programs into place.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q28 Do you believe that the Harper Government is partially or fully responsible for the sexual abuse of children in Cadets Canada that has occurred during its tenure, because it failed to properly oversee the cadet program?
Fully Responsible
Partially Responsible
Not Responsible
Do Not Know
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Answer Choices Fully Responsible Partially Responsible Not Responsible Do Not Know Total
Responses 8.47% 35.59% 39.29% 16.64% 55 231 255 108 649
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q29 Did you know that Cadets Canada has an initiative underway called the Cadet Population Growth Initiative that sought to bring the cadet population up to 60,000 cadets by June of 2013?
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Answer Choices Yes No Total
Responses 39.10% 60.90% 251 391 642
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q30 Did you know that Cadets Canada completely failed in achieving that goal, missing it by approximately 7,000 cadets?
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Responses 25.71% 74.29% 163 471 634
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q31 Did you know that each and every Cadets Canada Regional Cadet Support Headquarters completely failed in achieving its allocated membership target?
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Responses 20.03% 79.97% 127 507 634
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q32 Indicate all of the reasons you believe that the Cadet Headquarters failed in achieving the aims of the membership initiative.
Answered: 587 Skipped: 963 A boring training program Program underfunding because... Only 25% of Cadets are selected for... Perception the program is "Geeky" Historical and current sexual... Dislike for wearing a uniform The program is too military The program is not military... Lack of effort from Headquarters... Lack of capability on the part... 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Answer Choices
Responses 48.89% 287 62.01%
A boring training program
Program underfunding because money meant for Cadets is directed to bureaucrat salaries and benefits 47.70% Only 25% of Cadets are selected for camp, due to extravagant camps like Rocky Mountain Army Cadet Camp put on for a select few cadets 49.74% Perception the program is "Geeky" Historical and current sexual molestation scandals scaring people away 11.41% 29.13% Dislike for wearing a uniform The program is too military 10.39% 50.77% The program is not military enough 52.98% Lack of effort from Headquarters Bureaucrats in seeking to recruit cadets
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013

39.52% Lack of capability on the part of Headquarters Bureaucrats in seeking to recruit cadets Total Respondents: 587 232
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q33 Did you know that the average length of time a cadet spends in the program is just over one-and-a-half years?
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Responses 40.41% 59.59% 255 376 631
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q34 Did you know that even though cadets has had only between 48,000 and 53,000 participants in the past 4 years, approximately 25,000 cadets quit the program every year?
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Responses 36.74% 63.26% 230 396 626
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q35 In your own words, describe what you think might be wrong with Cadets Canada that is causing half of the membership to quit, each and every year.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q36 Did you know that even though Cadet Officers in the CIC hold the same Commission as Canadian Forces Officers, and even Privates joining combat arms or trades in the Reserves must pass a basic aptitude test for reading and math skills, there is no aptitude test taken by Cadet Officers to join the CIC?
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Responses 46.32% 53.68% 252 292 544
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q37 Did you know that even though one of the basic aims of the Sea, Army, and Air Cadets is promoting leadership and citizenship, there is no level of demonstrated intellectual ability beyond a GED required of Cadet Officers to join the CIC or advance to any position within the CIC?
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Responses 52.41% 47.59% 283 257 540
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q38 Did you know that even though physical fitness is one of the three primary aims of the Sea, Army, and Air Cadets, many Cadet Officers are morbidly obese, and there is no physical fitness requirement for Cadet Officers to join or remain in the CIC?
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Responses 76.12% 23.88% 408 128 536
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q39 Remembering that CIC Officers hold the Queen's Commission, at which of the following ranks should Cadet Officers have to show the same basic level of reading, writing, and math skills required of Primary Reserve Privates by completing an aptitude test?
Officer Cadet
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel I do not believe that CIC officers... 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Answer Choices Officer Cadet Second Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel I do not believe that CIC officers should ever have to demonstrate basic intellectual skills Total
Responses 69.29% 12.55% 5.24% 3.75% 1.31% 1.50% 6.37% 370 67 28 20 7 8 34 534
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q40 Which of the following ranks do you believe requires some post-secondary education or comparable personal experience? (Recall that every officer in the Regular and Reserve Force, with the exception of the CIC, requires postsecondary education or comparable experience).
Officer Cadet
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Answer Choices
Responses 24.21% 130 16.95%
Officer Cadet
Second Lieutenant 12.29% Lieutenant 19.55% Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel 9.31% 3.17% 14.53% I do not believe that CIC officers at any rank should have to complete post-secondary education or show comparable experience in their personal life Total
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q41 At which of the following ranks do you believe Cadet Officers should have to personally demonstrate physical fitness (a primary aim of the cadet program)?
Officer Cadet
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Answer Choices Officer Cadet Second Lieutenant Lieutenant Captain Major Lieutenant Colonel I do not believe that CIC officers at any rank should have to role model this basic aim of the cadet program Total
Responses 72.12% 8.55% 5.39% 2.23% 1.30% 1.49% 8.92% 388 46 29 12 7 8 48 538
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q42 Using the matrix below, please identify which Cadet Officer ranks in the CIC should require which qualifying capabilities. Please note that none of these capabilities are currently required for any CIC rank.
OCdt
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Lt
Capt
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LCol
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Basic Phy sical Fitness
Univ ersity Degree Aptitude Testing
College Diploma/ Trade School
Enrolment in Post-Secondary
OCdt
Basic Physical Fitness 91.68% 452 86.61% 401 89.08% 408 87.31% 399 79.87% 361 79.09% 348
University Degree 7.51% 37 14.69% 68 25.55% 117 42.45% 194 64.16% 290 71.14% 313
College Diploma/ Trade School 20.28% 100 29.37% 136 40.61% 186 51.86% 237 51.33% 232 50.45% 222
Enrolment in PostundefinedSecondary 43.61% 215 45.79% 212 44.54% 204 42.89% 196 42.04% 190 42.27% 186
Aptitude Testing 84.99% 419 79.27% 367 80.13% 367 82.49% 377 82.08% 371 84.55% 372
Total Respondents 493 463 458 457 452 440
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q43 In your own words, describe whether you believe that the CIC mentality of "we will take anyone we can get and give them a Canadian Forces Commission" weakens the program, lessens the meaning of the CF Officer's Commission, and drives away cadets.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q44 Do you believe the often repeated statement that cadet corps would not be able to attract cadet officers if some form of educational or capability standard were put into place for adult staff? (Before giving your answer, remember that there are schoolteachers, tradespeople, banking officials, and other professionals in every community across Canada. Additionally, note that the British cadet program has a non-commissioned stream for adult staff who would otherwise be ineligible for a commission.)
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q45 In your own words, describe how internal personnel abuses undermine confidence in cadet program leadership. You may use the following examples to help shape your answer: 1. RCSU bureaucrats arranging to hire their wives and family members into full time positions. 2. RCSU bureaucrats creating meaningless positions, such as "Social Relations Officer" and "Senior Public Affairs Officer", to hire friends and family. 3. RCSU bureaucrats failing to follow the Canadian Forces' rules on procedural fairness in Class A and B hiring. 4. RCSU bureaucrats conducting hiring or appointments to employment without posting competitions.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q46 In your own words, describe whether you believe that CIC officers have a moral right (not a legal right) to give orders to and hold precedence over all Canadian Forces Non-Commissioned Members, when the qualifications required for enrolment and advancement in the branch are lower than those for a Primary Reserve Private.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q47 Do you believe that Cadets Canada should follow the British cadet program model and develop a non-commissioned officer stream for cadet adult staff who would be ineligible for a Commission in the Regular and Reserve Force?
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Responses 58.10% 17.98% 23.91% 294 91 121 506
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q48 Do you believe that morbidly obese CIC officers undermine internal and public confidence in our military?
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Responses 73.20% 16.70% 10.10% 377 86 52 515
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q49 Do you believe that putting incompetent CIC officers into senior leadership positions contributes to the financial and child sexual abuse issues faced by Cadets Canada?
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No
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Responses 68.17% 15.52% 16.31% 347 79 83 509
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q50 In your own words, describe why having the weakest and least capable officers from the Regular Force dumped into the cadet system hurts the cadet training program.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q51 Did you know that people with physical disabilities, including those confined to wheelchairs, are not allowed to become Cadet Officers in the Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC)?
Yes
No
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Responses 40.33% 59.67% 219 324 543
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q52 Did you know that people over the age of 65 are not allowed to become Cadet Officers in the CIC, and officers must quit the CIC on their 65th birthday?
Yes
No
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Responses 63.74% 36.26% 348 198 546
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q53 Some individuals have suggested that there is no occupational requirement for the exclusion of disabled persons and persons over age 65 from the CIC. It has also been pointed out that there are Cadet Officers and even Commanding Officers of Cadet Summer Training Centres who are grossly obese and intellectually underqualified, which are much greater drawbacks than physical disabilities or advanced age. In light of these arguments, do you agree that physically disabled persons and persons over age 65 should be permitted to join/remain in the CIC?
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Do Not Know
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Responses 27.53% 27.53% 19.48% 9.74% 9.74% 5.99% 147 147 104 52 52 32 534
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q54 In 2013, the number of boys joining the cadet program nationally was 20,252. The number of girls who joined was 9,108. Less than a third of program participants are female. Do you believe that the lack of female leadership in some cadet regions, such as RCSU Northwest, reduces the willingness of girls to join and stay in the program?
Yes
No
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100%
Responses 59.70% 40.30% 320 216 536
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q55 Some individuals have suggested that a lack of any diversity programming to assist First Nations, Mtis, Inuit, Visible Minority, or female cadets in the program puts the Cadet Program years behind its time. Do you agree?
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Do Not Know
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Responses 13.91% 20.59% 25.79% 16.70% 14.29% 8.72% 75 111 139 90 77 47 539
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q56 Cadets Canada has a budget of over $200,000,000.00 per year. This does not include infrastructure support, budgetary extras like pension liabilities for full-time bureaucrats, uniforms for CIC officers, and other external costs covered by the Canadian Forces. Some have estimated that the actual cost of the cadet program to taxpayers comes closer to $300,000,000.00 per year. Were you aware that Cadets had a budget of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars per year?
Yes
No
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100%
Responses 53.50% 46.50% 275 239 514
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q57 Cadets Canada has a 200 million dollar national budget for 53,000 Cadets. Scouts Canada has a 15 million dollar national budget for 73,000 Scouts. Girl Guides Canada has a 7 million dollar national budget for 89,000 Guides. Do you think it is reasonable that an individual cadet costs twenty times the amount compared with a Scout, and forty-nine times the amount compared with a Girl Guide? Please consider that Cadets is entirely taxpayer funded, and Guides and Scouts are privately supported, when you answer.
Yes
No
I don't know
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Answer Choices Yes No I don't know Total
Responses 60.89% 23.51% 15.61% 316 122 81 519
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q58 Do you think the fact that over half of the $200,000,000.00 Cadet budget is spent on salaries, and that one-quarter of the budget goes to pay full time bureaucrat salaries in Regional Cadet Support Headquarters and the Directorate of Cadets, takes money away from local cadet training?
Yes
No
I don't know
0%
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100%
Answer Choices Yes No I don't know Total
Responses 77.34% 11.33% 11.33% 396 58 58 512
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q59 Full time bureaucrats with Cadets Canada, who do not work directly with cadets, are paid 365 days a year, but with weekends, holidays, and 24 days annual leave taken out of the equation, work a maximum of 227 days a year. Local cadet corps staff with Cadets Canada, who work directly with cadets are paid for 25 or 35 days a year, but are expected to work between 50 and 100 days a year to make the local organization function, on a volunteer basis over and above their allocated days. A full time bureaucrat in the rank of Captain (10) holding a position such as "Web Info Officer" or "Social Relations Officer" can expect to make $83,614.00 plus full benefits annually for their 227 days of work. A local corps staff member in the rank of Captain (10) holding a corps Training Officer position can expect to make $5,727.00 with no benefits annually for their 50 - 100 days of corps work. Explain whether you see any problem with the way Cadets Canada allocates staff pay.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q60 Were you aware of public rumours about financial mismanagement and egregious spending in the cadet program before taking this survey?
Yes
No
0%
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40%
60%
80%
100%
Responses 47.54% 52.46% 242 267 509
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q61 Some individuals have suggested that serious financial mismanagement, and focusing resources on bureaucrat salaries instead of cadet training, is a main factor in the overall ineffectiveness of the cadet program. Do you agree?
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Do Not Know
0%
20%
40%
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100%
Responses 36.18% 34.19% 15.31% 2.39% 2.39% 9.54% 182 172 77 12 12 48 503
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q62 In your own words, describe whether you believe that money in the Cadet Program should be primarily allocated to bureaucrat salaries, perks, and benefits; or whether that money should be used to develop Canadian youth.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q63 Do you believe that the Harper Government is partially or fully responsible for the budgetary mismanagement in Cadets Canada, because it failed to properly oversee the cadet program?
Fully Responsible
Partially Responsible
Not Responsible
Do Not Know
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Answer Choices Fully Responsible Partially Responsible Not Responsible Do Not Know Total
Responses 16.40% 47.04% 22.53% 14.03% 83 238 114 71 506
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q64 Did you know that the Government of Canada does not require Cadets Canada to publish its annual budgets online, allowing the Canadian Forces to hide the true cost of cadets in a budget line along with Canadian Forces bands and heritage items?
Yes
No
0%
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40%
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100%
Responses 21.17% 78.83% 98 365 463
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q65 Commentators have suggested that Peter MacKay was removed as Defence Minister because he was unable to provide appropriate fiscal oversight to the Department of National Defence. After reading this survey, do you believe Peter MacKay provided appropriate fiscal and ministerial oversight to the Cadet Program?
Yes
No
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Responses 29.45% 70.55% 129 309 438
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q66 Do you believe that the new Minister of National Defence, Rob Nicholson, should bother to provide more specific and transparent oversight to the Cadet Program?
Yes
No
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100%
Responses 89.20% 10.80% 388 47 435
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q67 In your own words, describe what you believe needs to change in Canada's cadet program.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q68 If you have any other feedback, or wish to share a positive or negative experience you had with the cadet program, please fill in the blank below.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q69 If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please leave your email in the box below.
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013 Q70 Please rate our survey!
A +
A -
B +
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Answer Choices A + A A B + B B C + C C D + D
Responses 13.35% 12.95% 8.76% 14.74% 12.55% 4.38% 5.38% 4.38% 3.59% 1.20% 2.39% 67 65 44 74 63 22 27 22 18 6 12
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National Canadian Cadet Survey 2013

D F Total 1.79% 14.54% 9 73 502
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Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 55.05% 16.07% 28.88% 387 113 203 703

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 47.27% 26.29% 26.44% 329 183 184 696

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 87.41% 4.86% 7.73% 611 34 54 699

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 86.25% 7.24% 6.51% 596 50 45 691

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 26.92% 27.21% 45.88% 186 188 317 691

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 69.39% 16.33% 14.29% 476 112 98 686

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 22.25% 39.39% 38.36% 152 269 262 683

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 20.27% 39.35% 40.38% 137 266 273 676

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 67.12% 14.80% 18.09% 449 99 121 669

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 55.04% 18.95% 26.02% 366 126 173 665

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 52.35% 18.06% 29.59% 345 119 195 659

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 12.25% 67.78% 19.97% 81 448 132 661

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 64.69% 15.07% 20.24% 425 99 133 657

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 71.67% 7.66% 20.67% 468 50 135 653

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 44.43% 36.03% 19.54% 291 236 128 655

Responses 75.82% 9.79% 4.99% 2.69% 1.34% 5.37% 395 51 26 14 7 28 521

Answer Choices Yes No Do Not Know Total

Responses 35.58% 36.21% 28.21% 227 231 180 638

Responses 8.47% 35.59% 39.29% 16.64% 55 231 255 108 649

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 39.10% 60.90% 251 391 642

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 25.71% 74.29% 163 471 634

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 20.03% 79.97% 127 507 634

Responses 48.89% 287 62.01%

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Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 40.41% 59.59% 255 376 631

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 36.74% 63.26% 230 396 626

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 46.32% 53.68% 252 292 544

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 52.41% 47.59% 283 257 540

Answer Choices Yes No Total

Responses 76.12% 23.88% 408 128 536

Responses 24.21% 130 16.95%

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