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Canadian Ranger instructors are full-time members of the Canadian Army who travel regularly from their headquarters at Canadian Forces Base Borden, near Barrie, to provide specialized instruction to the 600 Canadian Rangers based out of 32 First Nations across the Far North of Ontario. Rangers are part-time army reservists.
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The instructors’ duties require them to go on the land with the Rangers in all weather conditions and provide them with specialized military training in their communities.
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A Canadian army investigation of a troubled reserve unit at the centre of allegations of right-wing extremism identified several members as vulnerable and at risk of being swept up into a hateful ideology.
A partly redacted copy of the investigation s complete findings was viewed recently by CBC News.
While he acknowledged some troubling signs, Maj.-Gen. Derek A. Macaulay who until recently was the acting commander of the army insisted that, overall, the 4th Canadian Ranger Group (4 CRPG) does not have an extremism problem.