National Defence committee  I will tell you, quite frankly, that what I'm telling you is not the instructions from Moscow, but my reading of different international conventions. If you follow suit, you will definitely come to pretty well the same conclusions. A fact is a fact, as I've said many times. If th

National Defence committee  Thank you very much. It has been my great pleasure. [Proceedings continue in camera]

National Defence committee  Okay. We might use those military START talks, for instance, as one of the channels for initial expert exchange, because it's an extremely complicated issue. It is not wishful thinking talks; it is really very focused on specifics. So while generally speaking we would never have

National Defence committee  To start with, I will not comment on the official comments made here in Canada. I would rather draw your attention once again to the fact that since this particular flight incident took place in the very vicinity of two states, and we haven't had any comments or reaction, either

National Defence committee  Okay. Well, you are very kind. I will try to do that. First of all, back to the initial question, by saying there are clear-cut international regulations, I do not mean that I do not know. I do not know all the details. But the point is that there haven't been any incursions on

National Defence committee  Actually, to start with, we're talking about a certain submarine that is not supposed to be there. I have, frankly speaking, a very simple question: what submarine, whose submarine, and where exactly?

National Defence committee  Because when it is clear whose submarine we are talking about, there are different international regulations.

National Defence committee  Thank you. The first question is why. If you have a racer, he should run. Otherwise, there is no reason to have a racer. If we approach this problem from a different angle, it would be about the prospects for disarmament. Let's do it. Let's not have a single bomber or nuclear su

National Defence committee  Thank you. I should respectfully beg to disagree, because we are not discussing the incursion of the Russian aircraft into the Canadian national airspace. It did not happen, and none of the official representatives of the three countries have ever mentioned these particular fac

National Defence committee  I have two sentences. First, yes. Second, there are mapping procedures ongoing. Russia already did it in 2007, and Canada will be over with the same process by 2013. And actually, all the papers will be for the international commission to observe. That's all.

National Defence committee  No doubt.

National Defence committee  Two things once again. Actually, I'm 45, which means I'm not young enough to know everything. Point number two, there are pretty similar international regulations--naturally, different conventions, different treaties--that work very similarly.

National Defence committee  Once again, there are several aspects. First, you've mentioned the air defence identification zones used by both the States and Canada. These are also used by other countries, such as Australia, Japan, and Iceland. According to international law, those are self-proclaimed zones

National Defence committee  You know, when it comes to aircraft or submarines, there is one important thing: they should fly and swim. Otherwise they will simply kick the bucket. In my answer to that particular remark, I can give you an illustration. Four years ago, data was published by the IISS publicat

National Defence committee  With regard to submarines, we do need reliability. We do need the submarines to be operationally efficient. Why? I can cite a very recent incident. It took place on February 4. As a matter of fact, it involved none of the Russian submarines. It was a collision between a British s