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Defining a role for the Canadian Armed Forces and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

Overall, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief is a significant and growing demand on CAF resources—though it fits uneasily with the vision the CAF has of itself.

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BY CHRISTIAN LEUPRECHT, PETER KASURAK
August 3, 2020

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Defining a role for the Canadian Armed Forces and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief

Overall, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief is a significant and growing demand on CAF resources—though it fits uneasily with the vision the CAF has of itself.

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