Yes.
Evidence of meeting #20 for National Defence in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ferry.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #20 for National Defence in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was ferry.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:55 p.m.
Executive Vice-President, Co-author, Strategic Outlook for Canada 2014: A Search for Leadership, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
Yes.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal
Geoff Regan Liberal Halifax West, NS
You also wrote:
...throughout 2013, there was a sense that there was very little space for debate on defence issues with and by the government. On procurement, the only concern was to get out of the F-35 procurement embarrassment, not to engage in a full, open and inclusive review, nor, more broadly, of Canada’s posture in a post-Afghanistan world. Afghanistan itself is barely mentioned in the Speech from the Throne, as opposed to being a lightning rod for the defence review.
What brought you to that conclusion?
1 p.m.
Executive Vice-President, Co-author, Strategic Outlook for Canada 2014: A Search for Leadership, Conference of Defence Associations Institute
Very simply, even the funding by the Canadian government of the DND program outreach program has been cut completely. There is no appetite for advice from the outside world to this government. There is no interest in expert advice in the government. That's why we're so delighted to be here.
1 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rick Norlock
Thank you very much, gentlemen, for your insight and your response to the questions. I think they were very in-depth and much appreciated.
This meeting is adjourned.