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24,000 Canadian military members ready to respond — if asked — to COVID-19 crisis

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The federal government has mobilized 24,000 members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including reservists and Canadian Rangers, to help provincial and municipal authorities who may need support during the novel coronavirus pandemic with everything from delivering supplies to assisting civilian authorities enforcing quarantine orders.

So far, no provincial government has asked for the help of the Armed Forces, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan and Gen.

Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, said Monday that the Canadian Forces have been planning and preparing for the day when those requests might be made. “We will be there.

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