Oberster General plant umfassende Ausweitung der Reserven für Katastrophen, militärische Angriffe
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-top-general-jennie-carignan-expansion-reserves-disasters-military/
Oberster General plant umfassende Ausweitung der Reserven für Katastrophen, militärische Angriffe
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-top-general-jennie-carignan-expansion-reserves-disasters-military/
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This likely may require signing up for conscription. We’re going to have to decide as a society who’s eligible to be drafted. Only men, or both men and women? Also what age groups should be selected to serve. Should it be younger people, or should it be older people who have gotten their lives started already?
Excellent plan.
I know we’re a country that relies heavily on the US Military Industrial Complex and its protective umbrella, but part of nation building means displaying a force that protects and defends its sovereignty.
The next generation of warfare requires communities to be prepared for asynchronous, asymmetrical attacks. We do need to loosen up those gun bans a bit, if not train our people to use weapons properly. If you haven’t started yet, getting your PAL is a great investment.
See, I really don’t think those should be the same set of people. How many might sign up for something aimed at more domestic issues but don’t want to risk being sent overseas to fight? Disaster relief and combat at extremely different things.
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Money has not been allocated to fund this mobilization plan but Gen. Carignan said it could come from additional funding that is being funnelled into the military as part of the federal government’s commitment …… yea, no money.
Consider California, same population as Canada, has a national reserve force of around…. 55,000….and what is Canada’s?….. about 44,000. So if we increase our reserves by 10,000 that will make sense. But 400,000? That is pure fantasy.
The timing of this conversation is interesting because I was actually looking at what other jurisdictions do this morning in terms of civil defense training. I think there’s a case for Canada to train more people on civil defense and to keep a database of who is trained. Even if that doesn’t constitute a formal reserve force, it provides a faster way to ramp up response in case of disaster or other challenges.
Not everything related to the military is about fighting and killing. There are some countries that have civil defense training programs where citizens get training in everything from search and rescue to advanced first aid for free. It’s something Canada should be exploring in my opinion. There’s a cost, and risk-benefit analysis obviously would have to be done but it’s time to start thinking about it.
Disaster relief as the primary focus is something I could get behind, between our current fire seasons and the future climate change impact it’s a good direction.
My favourite part of the article was the following quote: “If you’re a cook, and I need to mobilize a lot of cooks, well, you probably don’t need a lot of training, because you’ve already got the skills.” Cooking in a flying kitchen in the middle of a forest and feeding 800 people might be a bit of a difference. Its like mass producing fuel rather than cooking. Its like throw this bag of frozen protein in that gigantic pot and get your ladle ready
Are these clowns out to lunch? The government is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a failing gun grab while simultaneously talking about the need to expand our defence capabilities, even if that means arming clueless public servants. How about kill this gun confiscation nonsense and lean into investing in training and facilities for those who already hold a PAL/RPAL. You already have a pool of over 2 million legal firearm owners who have proven themselves capable and trustworthy time and again. Then there’s the added benefit of how this will help stimulate the economy to the tune of several billion dollars…