Canada - US Civil Assistance Plan

This was written up February 14, 2008

“The purpose of the Canada-United States Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is to provide a framework for the military of one nation to provide support to the military of the other nation in the performance of civil support operations (e.g., floods, forest fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and effects of a terrorist attack).” This framework is designed “to save lives, prevent human suffering, and mitigate damage to property,” the plan says.

The plan anticipates scenarios for using for using violence. “Opposing forces are not expected during the conduct of operations described in this plan,” it says. “However . . . commanders should consider the following Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection issues: (1) Terrorists organizations could conduct operations against the Canadian or US force, or in the civil support operations area; (2) State/provincial and local police capabilities could be severely degraded in the area of operations, allowing a corresponding rise in criminal activity that could affect the Canadian or US force; and (3) Environmental factors ranging from weather to contamination and disease could significantly affect the Canadian or US forces.”

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Here is the official document in pdf format

What 's your point. The US and Canada have joint operations and military agreements all the time. NORAD and the Olympics are two examples.

US Military will guard 2010 Olympics in BC

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[edit on 19-11-2008 by venividivici]

I was not aware that Canadian forces could come into the United States and using deadly force, in such as a catastrophic event.