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National Defence committee  The secretariat requires from the armed forces a clear statement of requirements and advice on any options they bring forward. That's our entire role.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  That statement of requirements has not been asked to be reformatted.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  That's right.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  The process that's under way does not require a restatement of the statement of requirements. The statement of requirements is done independently, based on a close study by the air force of future battlefields they may have to work over and the issue of sovereignty back here in Canada—defence of the continent.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  The statement of requirements has different weighting given to different portions. When things are listed in there as requirements, they are graded. In other words, when a statement of requirement goes forward to meet what's available to fill that requirement, there are only very few that require absolute, to the letter, meeting of that requirement.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  As a bit of an answer to Mr. Harris's question, I am removed from the air force in this respect, so I will have to confirm that there has been no change to requirements. I know of no ask for that change of requirements, but I can assure that as any statement of requirements is written for any fleet of equipment to replace what we have, it's never written, I think you used the phrase, wired to a given solution, nor was this statement of requirements written to—

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  I think what we may not recognize is that all fighter aircraft come with some radar cross-section. All of them of later technology reduce that cross-section, as does our CF-18 right now.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, in my 30-some years in uniform, I've seen the numbers as high as 80,000 people and as low as the low 50,000s. We are now at 68,000 in the regular force; 27,000 balanced across full-time and part-time reserves; and about 25,000 to 26,000 in the public service as a defence team.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would confine my comments to say that I'm very pleased with the process that's now in place, in that it's a whole-of-government approach. The Canadian armed forces have one of those seven-point steps that's been outlined for the Public Works secretariat, and that is to provide advice on the options that come forward.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, it's a great observation that having been in combat, arguably for over a decade, there is now an entire generation of junior and senior officers, and young and more senior non-commissioned officers, who have learned all kinds of things that would have taken us double the time to learn in training back in Canada.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  The transformation report that General Leslie produced has been an excellent blueprint in many ways for the transformative activities that have been under way over the past year and a half and that are continuing. You've spoken already about the command structure, the regrouping of Canada Command, the Expeditionary Force Command, and Support Command under one roof, which leads to about a 25% administrative cost reduction that can be turned back into “tooth”.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Gen Thomas Lawson

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, good afternoon. Bonjour. It really is a privilege for me to be here today as the new Chief of the Defence Staff. As I sit here, I am struck that even though we are in slightly different uniforms, we are all serving the great people of this great nation.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

General Thomas Lawson