Top general plans sweeping expansion of reserves for disasters, military attacks

Canada’s top general says she hopes to present options to the Carney government by spring for a national mobilization plan that would recruit volunteers to join a reserve force of as many as 400,000 to help out in case of natural disasters or military crises. General Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff, said such an undertaking would take five to 10 years to establish. She said Canada is taking inspiration from Finland, which has a reserve force of close to 900,000 citizens. She said this would be a somewhat new direction for a military that’s normally been focused on…