Hello Jeff,
Thank you for your supportive message. Frankly, I need all the help I can get. Although I don't want to unnecessarily burden you with my problems, I will nevertheless explain in detail the way the Army is stonewalling my application.
Facts.
Captain McBean:
- He tried to stop me from applying by saying that Canadians born in countries that were formerly part of the Warsaw Pact cannot join the CF;
- It is only after I mentioned filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission that he panicked and accepted my application. He, nonetheless, said that the inquiry into my past will take two years or more;
- At the Recruitment Centre, he was abrupt, abrasive and verbally abusive (he kept calling me Soviet Union and stuff like that);
CDS:
- After I filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on the grounds of discrimination (since Canadians are treated differently according to their ethnic background) the CDS refused any negotiation and kept procrastinating by regularly changing their legal team every three months, by that indefinitely delaying a conclusion to my case;
- It is only after I wrote to Graham, in desperation, that things started to move. Suddenly, the Recruitment Centre began to take interest in my case, while the CDS sent their rebuttal to my accusations.
Captain McBean:
- He lied to the Commission and to the CDS by saying that he was desperately trying to contact me.
- Although the inquiry might be justified (though I don't see why I have to be responsible for the political actions of a country I left) the Recruitment Centre he is running should have called me for a physical, psychological and medical exam.
- After one year, and because of Graham's interest in my case, the Kingston Recruitment Centre called asking for fingerprints. The fact that they asked me for a second set of fingerprints led me to believe that they discarded the first set along with my file.
- Because Romania (the country I was born in) is now part of NATO, and chiefly because the Romanians have an intelligence agreement with the Canadians, the inquiry should take 2-4 months not two years or more as McBean said it will.
Thank you.