Canada's Joint Task Force Two Stands Ready For Summits

Soldiers from Canada's elite Joint Task Force Two have been tasked with anti-terrorism duties for the upcoming G8 and G20 summits. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario Provincial Police, and local law enforcement will handle day-to-day security at the summits.

The Canadian military’s premiere special forces soldiers are ready to spring into action if terrorists target the G8 meetings in Huntsville or the G20 summit that follows immediately in downtown Toronto.

In an exclusive interview with the Star, the commander of Joint Task Force Two shared some details of the unit’s preparedness for this month’s summits, but in keeping with the shadowy nature of the black-clad unit, much of its work remains secret.

“I’m at a readiness every single day that allows me to reassure my chain of command that regardless if it’s a G8 or G20 day or the most quiet day of the year, we’re equally ready,” Brig.-Gen. Mike Day, JTF2 commander, said in a rare on-the-record interview.

“It’s what people should expect from us, right?”

If the billion-dollar summit-security plan works, you will neither see nor hear from Canada’s counterterror strike squad two weeks from now.

By: Shelldrake