National Defence Committee on Sept. 15th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #24 for National Defence in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was aircraft.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Next Generation of Fighter Aircraft

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

J.P.A. Deschamps Chief of the Air Staff, Department of National Defence

Dan Ross Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence

Tom Ring Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Works and Government Services Canada

Michael Slack F-35 Project Manager, Director of Continental Materiel Cooperation, Department of National Defence

D.C. Burt Director, New Generation Fighter Capability, Chief of the Air Staff, Department of National Defence

Ron Parker Assistant Deputy Minister, Industry Sector, Department of Industry

Paul Kalil President, Avcorp Industries Inc.

Claude Lajeunesse President and Chief Executive Officer, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

J. Richard Bertrand Vice-President, Government Affairs, Pratt & Whitney Canada

John Siebert Executive Director, Project Ploughshares

Ken Epps Senior Program Associate, Project Ploughshares

Robert Huebert Associate Director, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary

3:40 p.m.

Executive Director, Project Ploughshares

John Siebert

We can never equip ourselves to meet any eventuality.

3:40 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Bryon Wilfert

On that note, I want to thank our three witnesses for their comments today.

I want to thank members of the committee for their cooperation.

The meeting is adjourned.