House National Defence Committee floats idea of permanent workforce, engineering corps to reduce reliance on military during natural disasters

The increase in domestic operations has strained CAF resources and reduced operational readiness for global threats, the House National Defence Committee report said. Among the 16 recommendations in the report were calls for the government to consider creating a civilian corps of engineers within CAF, similar to the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Liberal MP John McKay, who chairs the House National Defence Committee, said climate change meant calls for the military assistance during natural disasters are 'just going to keep on happening.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

July 1, 2024

A permanent federal disaster management workforce or civilian engineering corps are among the ideas mooted by a House committee to curtail a growing reliance on the military to respond to natural disasters as climate change worsens.

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