OTTAWA—Lt.-Col. James Stocker and more than 500 military personnel are assembled at the Canadian Forces base in Borden. The troops are among some 24,000 mustered across Canada to respond to provinces’ calls for help to deal with COVID-19. Its medical personnel escorted passengers being evacuated from China and returning travellers were quarantined in accommodations at the airbase in Trenton. In Canada, the military medical branch is largely geared to supporting troops deployed overseas, such as ongoing operations in Ukraine and Middle East, Perry said. “The (Canadian Forces) typically prefers to be looked at as the force of last resort.

Source: thestar April 11, 2020 14:15 UTC