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National Defence committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. McKay. It relates to how we're managing some of the maintenance and repair on the north warning system. It relates to a couple of the other financial obligations we have with NORAD and how we're phasing them. It's part of the strategic review
May 22nd, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee If I may, the way the numbers are allocated here is against activities. A lot of it is captured under those broad activities of readiness.
May 22nd, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee No. It doesn't represent a significant change in—
May 22nd, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee That is $22 million in cost of maintenance operations by changing the maintenance schedule and maintenance techniques. Particularly in the north, it's actually very expensive to do that work, and we're trying to be smarter about doing that.
May 22nd, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I would say, sir, first of all, that the Chief of the Defence staff doesn't have exactly the same scope as Treasury Board. Treasury Board has considerable scope. Treasury Board can revisit policies and applications, etc., but once Treasury Board has set those parameters, they app
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I can't comment about the policy decision by Treasury Board or whether that policy decision has actually been made, but what I can say, sir, is that the scope of financial remediation of grievances is broader than home equity assistance. In many instances of men and women in unif
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Sir, in terms of declining markets, you're talking about the housing market.
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I think it's important to accept that the Government of Canada actually frames the policies that benefit our men and women in uniform during things like moves and that type of thing. The policy has a certain scope and a certain intent. I'm sure that the intent of the government
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I don't think there would be any on his desk. I think he would have resolved them. I think some of them are still working through the system. Until we have had the chance to work through some of them, I think we need to get a sense of how the conditions, to which the chief and
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I don't think the Government of Canada can give retroactive effect to—
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I don't think so, Mr. McKay.
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee In applying it, no.
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee No, but the authority is really the authority to make ex gratia payments within the conditions that are normally laid down by the Government of Canada for exercising that authority, and the—
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I don't believe the CDS has resolved the financial grievance yet, Mr. McKay.
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Harris, thank you for that. Let me very quickly try to address both your questions. First, regarding the grievance backlog, we have been working on that. One of the most challenging areas of grievance is compensation and benefits. It turns out that no
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson