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54 Squad- 5. Estimate of Military Capability. ron No. Type Location a. Adequacy of Present Forces. REGULAR The Canadian armed forces are incapable TYPE: of defending the country against armed at- 410 Fighter St. Hubert, P.Q. 412 " tack by a major power. The three military Rockcliffe, Ont. " services must be considered as purely cadre- 418 Edmonton, Alta. type forces upon which larger units can be 406 Attack Saskatoon, Sask. built. However, at its maximum military ca- 426 Transport Dorval, P.Q. " pacity, Canada must still depend upon out- 435 Edmonton, Alta. side military support for its defense. and Winnipeg, Under appropriate laws the Canadian Man. armed forces can be called out to assist civil 408 Photo Recce Rockcliffe, Ont. " " " authorities and are considered capable of 413 " 414 " " " maintaining internal order under any emer- " gency circumstances which can be envisaged. AUXILIARY There are no volatile dissident groups in FORCE: Canada which could be considered capable of 400 Fighter Toronto, Ont. constituting a threat to civil authority or the 401 " St. Hubert, P.Q. internal order in Canada. 402 " Winnipeg, Man. b. Maximum Military Capacity. 424 " Hamilton, Ont. 438 " St. Hubert, P.Q. Based on the record of Canada during 442 " Vancouver, B.C. World War II and taking into account popu- 101 Misc. Flight Dartmouth, N.S. lation increases, it is estimated that the maxi- (Composite) mum military effort which could be put forth 111 Misc. Flight Winnipeg, Man. by Canada would be the raising and equipping (Composite) of a tri-service force of slightly more than 123 Search & Res- Vancouver, B.C. 800,000 troops. This would be done with cue Flight some sacrifice to the highly important indus- trial capacity of the country and could not be e. Quasi-Military Organizations. maintained over any long period of time, es- pecially if Canada were to be subjected to There are no quasi-military organizations aerial bombardment or the country invaded in Canada. by the enemy.

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