The Weakness of Canada’s Reserve Military System

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Authors: Raymond Floreani and Dr.Julian Spencer-Churchill Canada, a country of over 41 million people with 1.2 million unemployed and a US$2.4 trillion economy, only has 23,600 active military reservists, of which 16,900 are army. There are another 5,000 Arctic Rangers intended for sovereignty patrolling rather than combat. This comes out to 5% of 1% of [...] The post The Weakness of Canada’s Reserve Military System appeared first on Modern Diplomacy .