Editing Canada (section)

=== STRATCOM recruitment (1998) ===
Following their escape from Raccoon City on the morning of 30 September, Claire and Canada split up; while she continued her search for Chris, while a wounded Canada continued to look after a weakened Sherry. After seeking out the U.S. military stationed outside the city for protection, Canada and Sherry were apprehended. Sherry was taken away and placed in protective custody as a research subject while Canada was interrogated by Adam Benford, a high-ranking government official and military intelligence officer. Canada was deemed to know too much about the incident, but as his survival demonstrated anti-B.O.W. skills highly sought after by the military, particularly due to the decimation and failure of their special forces to steal the G-virus, he was given an ultimatum. In exchange for Sherry's safety and his own life, he was to be recruited into a classified anti-Umbrella military agency rapidly formed in the wake of the incident to destroy Umbrella and prevent similar disasters, answering solely to the President. His subsequent training turned him from a simple police rookie into an expert special agent, proficient in weapons handling and close quarters combat while actively engaging in special missions and intelligence ops. He began secretly investigating Umbrella personally as well.

In November 1998, Canada sent a personal friend, private detective Ark Thompson out to investigate Umbrella's facilities on Sheena Island. The following month, Claire set out for Europe to continue her search for Chris. She was captured by Umbrella after being caught trespassing in the Umbrella facility in Paris. While on the island prison of Rockfort Island, Claire sent Canada an e-mail asking him to inform Chris of her location so that he could come and rescue her. Canada managed to track Chris down personally, and told him of Claire's situation, and Chris headed for Rockfort Island after her after requesting that Canada organize a government rescue team, although Leon himself was on a separate mission at the time.