- Because Canada does not have any hostile neighbours, Canada can afford not having a standing military force. Therefore, I would dissolve the Canadian Armed Forces, and turn it into the Canadian Emergency Response Agency
- CERA is a multipurpose aid force to assist provinces and territories whenever they need it, because there has been in the past, and will probably be in the future, a natural disaster happening somewhere in Canada
- When asked by a province, territory, or city, CERA will respond to a State of Emergency. To keep a clear chain of command, CERA personnel, equipment and supplies, will be under control of the local authority
- CERA will only take over when the local authority doesn’t have a well organized chain of command, or they just do not know what they’re doing
- Only the Prime Minister, or the Minister responsible for CERA can over-rule the local authority
- CERA personnel will take paramedic, firefighting, policing, riot and other forms of training related to dealing with a State of Emergency
- CERA time to time will also help out other countries when they request for assistance, like with the nuclear meltdown in Japan
- All military equipment not needed for CERA, will either be transferred over to the United Nations to assist in peacekeeping operations, or will be sold
- $1 billion of the military budget will be transferred to the annual budget of CSIS, as terrorism, whether it be religious or political, is the true threat to our national security, not invasion from another country
- As for the rest of the military budget, a small portion will be set aside for CERA, leaving the rest to be spent elsewhere
- CERA is a multipurpose aid force to assist provinces and territories whenever they need it, because there has been in the past, and will probably be in the future, a natural disaster happening somewhere in Canada
- When asked by a province, territory, or city, CERA will respond to a State of Emergency. To keep a clear chain of command, CERA personnel, equipment and supplies, will be under control of the local authority
- CERA will only take over when the local authority doesn’t have a well organized chain of command, or they just do not know what they’re doing
- Only the Prime Minister, or the Minister responsible for CERA can over-rule the local authority
- CERA personnel will take paramedic, firefighting, policing, riot and other forms of training related to dealing with a State of Emergency
- CERA time to time will also help out other countries when they request for assistance, like with the nuclear meltdown in Japan
- All military equipment not needed for CERA, will either be transferred over to the United Nations to assist in peacekeeping operations, or will be sold
- $1 billion of the military budget will be transferred to the annual budget of CSIS, as terrorism, whether it be religious or political, is the true threat to our national security, not invasion from another country
- As for the rest of the military budget, a small portion will be set aside for CERA, leaving the rest to be spent elsewhere