Canada moves to 2% GDP end of FY25/26 - PMMC

[dapaterson]

Although, strictly speaking, NDA 130 does explicitly include NDA Part VII, so failure to attend parade could be the basis for a court martial (with maximum fines as laid out in the NDA).

 

[boredtoon]

Thats all very interesting. But I still don't see how it works in relation to how I have always been told Class A service works. How can you be charged for not attending parade when you only serve when you consent to serve? Maybe @FJAG has the answer.

 

[GR66]

Thats all very interesting. But I still don't see how it works in relation to how I have always been told Class A service works. How can you be charged for not attending parade when you only serve when you consent to serve? Maybe @FJAG has the answer.

I think the point of this thought exercise is that it would be a Mobilization drill i.e. the Class A Reservists would be called up to active duty.

Under Section 31 of the NDA:

Placing forces on active service

• 31 (1) The Governor in Council may place the Canadian Forces or any component, unit or other element thereof or any officer or non-commissioned member thereof on active service anywhere in or beyond Canada at any time when it appears advisable to do so
  
  • (a) by reason of an emergency, for the defence of Canada;
  • (b) in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the United Nations Charter; or
  • (c) in consequence of any action undertaken by Canada under the North Atlantic Treaty, the North American Aerospace Defence Command Agreement or any other similar instrument to which Canada is a party.

While it makes for an interesting discussion I can't imagine the Government actually implementing Section 31 just for the sake of a "test". I'm sure that 30,000 Reservists, their families and their employers would not look too kindly on such an exercise in absence of a real emergency.

 

[dapaterson]

Thats all very interesting. But I still don't see how it works in relation to how I have always been told Class A service works. How can you be charged for not attending parade when you only serve when you consent to serve? Maybe @FJAG has the answer.

The popular belief that "consent to serve" is universal for Res F members unless placed on active service has no basis in law, regulation or policy.

QR&O volume 1 chapter 9, article 9.04 (2) explicitly grants authority to order members of the Primary Reserve to train a maximum of 60 days Class A per year, and a maximum of 15 days Class B per year.

Failure to obey that order would be sufficient to invoke 294.