Montebello SPP Summit: Canada's Sovereignty in Jeopardy: the Militarization of

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Montebello SPP Summit: Canada's Sovereignty in Jeopardy:

the Militarization of North America

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/august2007/200807Montebello.htm

 

Monday Aug 20, 2007

 

Canadian jurisdiction over its Northern territories was redefined, following

an April 2002 military agreement between Ottawa and Washington. This agreement

allows for the deployment of US troops anywhere in Canada, as well as the

stationing of US warships in Canada's territorial waters.

 

Following the creation of US Northern Command in April 2002, Washington

announced unilaterally that NORTHCOM's territorial jurisdiction (land, sea, air)

extended from the Caribbean basin to the Canadian arctic territories.

 

" The new command was given responsibility for the continental United States,

Canada, Mexico, portions of the Caribbean and the contiguous waters in the

Atlantic and Pacific oceans up to 500 miles off the North American coastline.

NorthCom's mandate is to " provide a necessary focus for [continental] aerospace,

land and sea defenses, and critical support for [the] nation’s civil

authorities in times of national need. "

 

(Canada-US Relations - Defense Partnership – July 2003, Canadian American

Strategic Review (CASR), http://www.sfu.ca/casr/ft-lagasse1.htm

 

NORTHCOM's stated mandate was to " provide a necessary focus for [continental]

aerospace, land and sea defenses, and critical support for [the] nation’s

[uS] civil authorities in times of national need. "

 

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