If I may jump in first, please, obviously I want to say I concur with Mr. Bowen that a civilian-led agency is far superior to anything that the CAF would be able to produce because the CAF has conflicting priorities and obligations at most given times.
In addition, I also want to highlight something he said, where the more prepared municipalities and provinces are to assist with domestic crisis response, the better the Canadian Forces will be able to come in to assist. It is really a win-win situation for everyone involved to see preparedness across the board.
Where I think I differ from my esteemed colleague is with the idea of unpaid volunteers taking the lead, because I would want to do some research into how long that model would be sustainable before the Canadian Forces came in to provide additional support.
Thank you.