Canada Plans Insurgency Defense Against Hypothetical US Invasion

The Canadian Armed Forces have developed a theoretical military model to respond to a hypothetical invasion by the United States, the first such plan in over a century. The strategy follows repeated assertions by President Donald Trump that Canada should become the 51st US state and his threats to annex Greenland. Canadian military planners conclude that conventional US forces could overrun key land and sea positions within two to seven days, leading the military to envision an insurgency-style defense. This model emphasizes asymmetric warfare, including drone strikes, sabotage, and hit-and-run ambushes, mirroring tactics used by the Taliban and Mujahideen in Afghanistan.

In response to escalating tensions, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for middle powers to unite against a global rupture where economic integration and tariffs are weaponized. Canada is increasing defense spending to 2% of GDP this fiscal year, with a long-term goal of 5% by 2035, and is expanding its supplementary reserve from 4,300 to 300,000 personnel. Canada is also considering deploying troops to Greenland to support Danish sovereignty after Trump threatened NATO members with tariffs to force the territory's cession.

While US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra characterized concerns over US intervention as hypothetical, the Canadian government is hardening its society using Finnish civil-defense models. Tensions have been further exacerbated by US military actions in Venezuela and Trump's description of the US-Canada border as an artificially drawn line. Canada continues to participate in NATO and NORAD operations, though officials view a rupture in the NORAD partnership as a primary indicator of an imminent attack.