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Ray · 01-24-2007, 10:16 AM

Population, no doubt an important factor, alone does not make it ideal for counter insurgency. The density of that population is important since it is essential that the insurgent has areas where the insurgent can melt into without detection.

The insurgent requires a resource base also. And for that he requires the assistance of the population. In case the density of population is high, his obtaining the same without raising suspicion is much easier, as those who have read and those who have operated in COIN will know.

Canada, apart from the urban areas, does not have a high density in population. Therefore, insurgency can only breed in urban areas and that is not a very ideal task for an insurgent, whose mother organisation would like the whole country to burn.

For an insurgency to start, there must be some burning issue. Except for the question of Quebec, there is hardly any reason for insurgency and, even that has been very wisely handled by the Canadian govt and the people.

Canada basically has also been blessed since it was one religion country, even though of the same religion, there were two sect broadly.

Canada is doing well because she was never a Colony as such and hence her resources were utilised well towards her well being. This was immensely helped by the fact that the population was very low and hence the economic gains could be well spread amongst the population. It must also be remembered that other colonies of the British Empire had greater resources that could be milked for the Mother Country and hence Canada was spared the ripping of her resources to a great extent.

Therefore, given the situation that Canada was in and is in now, it would have been very surprising if she did not do so well. This is quite an elementary deduction actually.

With diverse population now entering Canada, the problems are surfacing.

01-24-2007, 10:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
Ray Postmaster General *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-20-03 Posts: 28,236 Country:	Population, no doubt an important factor, alone does not make it ideal for counter insurgency. The density of that population is important since it is essential that the insurgent has areas where the insurgent can melt into without detection. The insurgent requires a resource base also. And for that he requires the assistance of the population. In case the density of population is high, his obtaining the same without raising suspicion is much easier, as those who have read and those who have operated in COIN will know. Canada, apart from the urban areas, does not have a high density in population. Therefore, insurgency can only breed in urban areas and that is not a very ideal task for an insurgent, whose mother organisation would like the whole country to burn. For an insurgency to start, there must be some burning issue. Except for the question of Quebec, there is hardly any reason for insurgency and, even that has been very wisely handled by the Canadian govt and the people. Canada basically has also been blessed since it was one religion country, even though of the same religion, there were two sect broadly. Canada is doing well because she was never a Colony as such and hence her resources were utilised well towards her well being. This was immensely helped by the fact that the population was very low and hence the economic gains could be well spread amongst the population. It must also be remembered that other colonies of the British Empire had greater resources that could be milked for the Mother Country and hence Canada was spared the ripping of her resources to a great extent. Therefore, given the situation that Canada was in and is in now, it would have been very surprising if she did not do so well. This is quite an elementary deduction actually. With diverse population now entering Canada, the problems are surfacing. __________________ "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination." I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. HAKUNA MATATA Last edited by Ray : 01-24-2007 at 10:31 AM.