Military readies reservists for threats to 'domestic front'
3/10/2009 at 2:50 PM
The Canadian military has embarked on a wide-ranging plan to turn its reserve soldiers into focused units trained and equipped to respond to a nightmarish array of domestic threats, including terrorist "dirty bomb" attacks, biological agent containment, Arctic catastrophes and natural disasters.
The creation of seven units within each region of the country - including unusual all-terrain vehicle (ATV) squadrons and perimeter security teams to cordon areas of potential devastation - prepares reserve soldiers for operations on the "domestic front" while freeing regular force soldiers to concentrate on foreign battlefields.
Full story here:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1353971
I find this news disturbing, especially when you couple it with the announcement last year (which Harper tried to hide from Canadians by the way) that the US and Canadian governments signed a deal to allow their armies to operate in each others country. The military should not be used for jobs that civilian responders are supposed to do. History shows us bad things happen when troops start being used for civilian purposes.