In October 2020, Neskantaga First Nation evacuated its population to Thunder Bay due to a shutdown of the community water supply. By assigning the authority to task Canadian Rangers to the regional level, the CAF aims to help improve the federal response to emergencies in remote communities. The traditional Request for Assistance (RFA) process is an official communication between the provincial/territorial governments, other relevant stakeholders, and the federal government. While a rapid CR activation can provide emergency relief and help identify emerging needs in remote communities, it does not offer the same scale of resources as an official RFA deployment.

These tasks differ from formal activations and deployments in both scale and process. The goal is to leverage local resources for assessment purposes without the need for formal activation, as they are pre-positioned to identify emerging needs in their respective communities. Therefore, the commander of CJOC has empowered the Regional Task Force Commanders to task Canadian Ranger (CR) patrols at their discretion.

The Canadian Armed Forces has recognized the need for greater flexibility when offering assistance to remote communities struggling with COVID-19. They are situated in key locations across the country and provide operational command and control for task forces in and/or deployed to their respective regions. Operation LASER is the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) response to a worldwide pandemic situation.Ĭanadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC) leads this operation, and is the command authority for the six standing regional Joint Task Forces, through which CAF support is delivered.

Employment of Canadian Armed Forces resources.

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