The Honourable David J. McGuinty

Obligation to perform the duty and to produce the plan for war: refusedNational Defence · 17 September 2026

Offices Minister of National Defencesince 13 May 2025Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness14 March – 13 May 2025

Duty Every minister shall include in an emergency management plan the measures to be taken in the case of war or other armed conflict.Emergency Management Act · s. 6(1), 6(2)(d) · National Defence Act · s. 4

Record War is absent from the national risk assessment of Canada.National Risk Profile · Public Safety Canada

Forces United States: 1,349,597 active-duty personnel; 2,718 combat aircraft of 13,032. Canada: 67,827 Regular Force; 92 combat aircraft of 355, all of United States manufacture.Defense Manpower Data Center · 31 March 2026 · National Defence · April 2026 · World Air Forces 2026

Population 89% of the people of Canada live within 300 km of the United States. Toronto 55 km, Montreal 56, Ottawa 69, Vancouver 29, Calgary 229. Edmonton, 507 km, is the only city of a million beyond 300 km.2,996 communities · distance to the United States

Bases None of the 28 bases and wings of the Canadian Armed Forces stands north of the 60th parallel.Directory of Federal Real Property · Treasury Board

Model Insurgency: ambushes, hit-and-run. “Not a military plan.”The Globe and Mail · 20 January 2026

Demands 1. The plan against a force 20 times larger in personnel and 29 times larger in combat aircraft. 2. The conduct of an insurgency on the open prairie of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, under United States satellite and signals surveillance. 3. The defence of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Calgary. 4. The holding of Edmonton within range of United States aircraft. 5. The date on which the plan required by paragraph 6(2)(d) of the Emergency Management Act was approved.Put to the Minister · 5 October 2026 · answer due 19 October 2026 · unanswered