TRANSCRIPT

As the more technological ships of the 1960s replaced the simpler World War Two fleet, it became increasingly difficult for reservists, parading twice per week, to maintain standards with the RCN

In the early 1960s, under the Minister of National Defence Paul Hellyer and the Pearson government, a systematic change was made to Canada's military. The Royal Canadian Navy, Army and Air Force were abolished and the new, streamlined, Canadian Armed Forces (CF) was created. The idea behind unification was, supposedly to reduce costs, eliminate duplications among the forces and to create a highly mobile military that was not bound by tradition.