Merging of the U.S. Canadian Military

Update - See: U.S. Northern Command, Canada Command establish new bilateral Civil Assistance Plan Photo by U.S. Army North Public Affairs Office: U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Air Force Lt.-Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command, have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency. the signing took place at the U.S. Army North headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, TX, Feb 14, 2008

The following two articles present some startling information concerning not only the integration but the potential merger of the Canadian and US military and the use of the military of one country within the borders of the other. The ARRA editors have not confirmed the information (other than links) but do note this information provided from both sides of the U.S. - Canadian border merits review and consideration. While we can identify with both the need for Military commanders to aid in responding to global attacks by terrorists, we also identify with the citizens of both the United States and Canada who are concerned with their national sovereignty.

Traci Lawson in The Guardian reported:

Canada's military in no longer substantively independent from the U.S. military command structure . . . This Agreement also obliges Canada to provide financial and military personnel support to the U.S. in Iraq . . . Indeed, this fundamental breach of Canadian sovereignty is being carried out under the terms of the Security and Prosperity and Partnership North American Union (SPP-NAU) agenda, that in term has been substantively legitimated by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA uses the pre-text of trade as a political deception for the take-over of Canada by the U.S. political-military-industrial complex

In Canada, this Agreement which paves the way for the militaries of the U.S. and Canada to cross each other's borders to fight "domestic emergencies," was not announced either by Prime Minister Harper's administration or the Canadian military. The Agreement met with protests and demonstrations by Canadians who are opposed to such treaties with the U.S. Bush administration. . . . [Read More]

Jim Kouri with News With a View reported:

In a political move that received little if any attention by the American news media, the United States and Canada entered into a military agreement on February 14, 2008, allowing the armed forces from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a domestic civil emergency, even one that does not involve a cross-border crisis, according to a police commander involved in homeland security planning and implementation. It is an initiative of the Bi-National Planning Group whose final report, issued in June 2006, called for the creation of a "Comprehensive Defense and Security Agreement," or a "continental approach" to Canada-US defense and security.

. . . the agreement -- defined as a Civil Assistance Plan -- was not submitted to Congress for debate and approval, nor did Congress pass any law or treaty specifically authorizing this military agreement to combine the operations of the armed forces of the United States and Canada in the event of domestic civil disturbances ranging from violent storms, to health epidemics, to civil riots or terrorist attacks.

"This is a military plan that's designed to bypass the Posse Comitatus Act that traditionally prohibited the US military from operating within the borders of the United States. Not only will American soldiers be deployed at the discretion of whomever is sitting in the Oval Office, but foreign soldiers will also be deployed in American cities," warns Lt. Steven Rodgers, commander of the Nutley, NJ Police Department's detective bureau. . . .

The military Civil Assistance Plan is seen by critics as a further incremental step toward creating a North American armed forces available to be deployed in domestic North American emergency situations. According to the NORTHCOM press release, the plan "allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency." The agreement was signed at US Army North headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, by US Air Force General Gene Renuart, commander of NORAD and US Northern Command, or USNORTHCOM, and by Canadian Air Force Lt. General Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command. . . . [Read More]

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