Editing Joint Task Force 2 (section)

==History==
[[File:Canadian general bids adieu to Fort Bragg.jpg|thumb|Major-General Nicolas Matern (right, in 2010), former commander of Joint Task Force 2 and deputy commander of [[Canadian Special Operations Forces Command]]]]
In 1992, Deputy Minister of Defence [[Robert Fowler (diplomat)|Robert Fowler]] announced he was recommending to Governor General [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] that he disband the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]'s [[Special Emergency Response Team]] (SERT) and create a new military counter-terrorism group. The decision was made largely because the Canadian Forces offered a greater pool of recruits for the program than civilian police forces, and it stemmed the public uproar about police being taught to use primarily lethal means.<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Boer |first=Peter |date=2005 |title=Canadian Spies and Spies in Canada |pages=124–140 |chapter=Joint Task Force Two |location=Edmonton |publisher=Folklore Publishing |isbn=978-1-89486-429-9}}</ref>

In early 1993, the unit was activated with just over 100 members, primarily drawn from the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment]] and [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]].<ref name="book"/> They were given the SERT facility on [[Dwyer Hill Road]] near Ottawa as their own base of operations, and permanently parked a [[Greyhound Canada|Greyhound bus]] and a [[DC-9]] aircraft on the grounds for use in training.<ref name=book/>

Its first scheduled action was Operation Campus, the protection of highways and water treatment plants around the [[Oka, Quebec|Oka]] reserve while a police force tried to "crack down on smuggling" on the native reserve, immediately following the [[Oka crisis]]. However two daily newspapers in [[Quebec]] revealed the operation just days before it was to go into action, and it was cancelled.<ref name=book/>
The federal budget of December 2001 allocated approximately $120 million over six years to expand unit capabilities and double its size to an estimated 600 personnel, as part of the overall plan following the attacks of September 11, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jtf2.forces.gc.ca/ajt-sfo/fut-ave/index-eng.asp |title=JTF 2: The Future |website=Department of National Defence |access-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181726/http://www.jtf2.forces.gc.ca/ajt-sfo/fut-ave/index-eng.asp |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>

On September 13, 2024, new buildings are undergoing construction at JTF 2's Dwyer Hill headquarters to modernize their facilities with older buildings being scheduled to be torn down, which is contracted to EllisDon Corporation.<ref name="DW">https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/construction-of-new-buildings-underway-at-ottawa-special-forces-base</ref> A bridge will be constructed to Franktown Road, which will only be used by JTF 2 to transport their equipment.<ref name="DW"/> It's expected to be completed by 2027.<ref name="DW"/>