The Afghanistan war is compromising Canada’s homeland security by diverting military resources and averting generals’ focus abroad, according to a report leaked to the Ottawa Citizen.
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The 62-page report prepared for Chief of the Defense Staff General Rick Hillier details the progress of an ambitious plan to streamline the Canadian Forces with the establishment of four new commands.
It notes that around the same time as the transformation process was launched 18 months ago, the Afghanistan war began heating up and has since dominated Canadian military and foreign affairs policies.
As a result, Canada Command, responsible for securing Canada’s coasts and airspace and responding to crises at home such as natural disasters, has not had its due priority because the nation’s generals have been focused on the Afghanistan war, said the report cited by the Citizen.
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