Canada's military feeling the strain responding to climate change
By Darren Major, Salimah Shivji · CBC News ·
Soldiers deployed at home sent to cope with fires, floods
Image: Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press
Canadian soldiers work to hold back waters on the Ottawa River in Fitzroy Harbour, Ont., during the 2019 spring flooding.
The country's top military commander says Canada's Armed Forces are being pushed to the limit responding to an increasing number of climate-related events such as floods and fires.
Gen. Jonathan Vance, the chief of the defence staff, says he needs more men and women to handle these crises and his soldiers need more training to deal with fires and floods.
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