The Honourable David J. McGuinty
Minister of National Defence
22 September 2025
The Pentagon, Washington
Gross neglect
Statutory duty to prepare for war: abandoned
Dossier
Finding
Gross neglect of a statutory duty.
Duty
Emergency Management Act, s. 6(1) and 6(2)(d): every minister shall include in an emergency management plan the measures to be taken in the case of war or other armed conflict. National Defence Act, s. 4.
Offices
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, 14 March – 13 May 2025
Minister of National Defence since 13 May 2025
Record
War is absent from the national risk assessment of Canada.
Obligation to perform the duty and to produce a document showing readiness: refused by National Defence, 17 September 2026.