NORTH AMERICAN UNION IS HERE AS U.S. AND CANADA CREATE NORTH AMERICAN ARMY WITHOUT APPROVAL
FEB 25 2008
U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of USNORTHCOM, signs agreement Feb. 14, 2008, with
Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc Dumais, commander of Canada Command (USNORTHCOM photo
In a ceremony that received virtually no attention in the American media, the United States and Canada signed a military agreement Feb. 14 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.
The agreement, defined as a Civil Assistance Plan, was not submitted to
Congress for 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 a wide range of
domestic civil disturbances ranging from violent storms, to health epidemics,
to civil riots or terrorist attacks.
In Canada, the agreement paving 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 the Harper government or the Canadian military, prompting
sharp protest.
"It's kind of a trend when it comes to issues of Canada-U.S. relations and
contentious issues like military integration,"
Stuart Trew, a researcher with the Council of
Canadians told the Canwest News Service. "We see that this
government is reluctant to disclose information to Canadians that is readily
available on American and Mexican websites."
The military Civil Assistance Plan can be seen as a further incremental step
being taken toward creating a North American armed forces available to be
deployed in domestic North American emergency situations.
The agreement was signed at U.S.
Army North headquarters, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, by U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of NORAD and
U.S. Northern Command, or USNORTHCOM, and by Canadian Air Force Lt. Gen. Marc
Dumais, commander of Canada Command.
"This document is a unique, bilateral military plan to align our respective
national military plans to respond quickly to the other nation's requests for
military support of civil authorities,"
Renuart said in a statement published on the USNORTHCOM website.
"In discussing the new bilateral Civil Assistance Plan established by
USNORTHCOM and Canada Command, Renuart stressed, "Unity of effort during
bilateral support for civil support operations such as floods, forest fires,
hurricanes, earthquakes and effects of a terrorist attack, in order to save
lives, prevent human suffering an mitigate damage to property, is of the
highest importance, and we need to be able to have forces that are flexible
and adaptive to support rapid decision-making in a collaborative environment."
Lt. Gen. Dumais seconded Renuart's sentiments, stating, "The signing of this
plan is an important symbol of the already strong working relationship between
Canada Command and U.S. Northern Command."
"Our commands were created by our respective governments to respond to the
defense and security challenges of the twenty-first century," he stressed,
"and we both realize that these and other challenges are best met through
cooperation between friends."
The statement on the USNORTHCOM website emphasized the plan recognizes the
role of each nation's lead
federal agency for emergency
preparedness, which in the United States is the
Department of Homeland Security and in
Canada is Public Safety Canada.
The statement then noted the newly signed plan was designed to facilitate the
military-to-military support of civil authorities once government authorities
have agreed on an appropriate response.
As WND has previously reported, U.S. Northern Command was established on Oct.
1, 2002, as a military command tasked with anticipating and conducting
homeland defense and civil support
operations where U.S. armed forces are used in domestic emergencies.
Similarly, Canada Command was established on Feb. 1, 2006, to focus on
domestic operations and offer a single point of contact for all domestic and
continental defense and securities partners.
In Nov. 2007,
WND published a six-part exclusive series, detailing
WND's on-site presence during the NORAD-USNORTHCOM Vigilant Shield 2008,
an exercise which involved Canada Command as a participant.
In an
exclusive interview with WND during Vigilant Shield
2008, Gen. Renuart affirmed USNORTHCOM would deploy U.S. troops
on U.S. soil should the president declare a domestic emergency in which the
Department of Defense ordered
USNORTHCOM involvement.
In May 2007,
WND reported President Bush, on his own authority,
signed National Security Presidential Directive 51, also known as Homeland
Security Presidential Directive 20, authorizing the president
to declare a national emergency and take over all functions of federal, state,
local, territorial and tribal governments, without necessarily obtaining the
approval of Congress to do so.
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