Canada’s auditor general found serious problems with the military’s aging living quarters, including deteriorating exterior walls, toilets that don't work and a lack of safe drinking water.
There are 227 high-priority repairs needed across 32 buildings, according to Karen Hogan’s latest report, tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons. But out of a sample audited, only five per cent of repairs had been completed.
"It’s the kind of conditions you and I wouldn’t want to live in, and the kind of conditions I don’t think we should let our Canadian Armed Forces live in," Hogan said at a news conference.
While examining furnished quarters at three bases, Hogan’s team al so found poor conditions, including that there wasn’t enough living space per person, which coul d lead to overcrowding; communal sho
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