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Monday, July 28, 2008

More sailors needed for Canada's warships

About 800 Canadian sailors are now patrolling the politically turbulent waters near Iran and Pakistan. But mustering crews to man warships near global flash points has increasingly become a nightmare for navy planners in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Ottawa.

They have 8,000 sailors on their books and jobs for 8,600.

"We are understaffed. There is no doubt about that," said Commodore Bob Davidson, the Canadian commander of Task Force 150 - a multi-national flotilla in the Indian Ocean that includes the Halifax-based Iroquois and well as Esquimalt, and the B.C.-based HMCS Calgary and HMCS Protecteur.

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