Dr. Andrea Charron at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 24th, 2018. See this statement in context.

October 24th, 2018 / 5 p.m.

Director and Associate Professor, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba, As an Individual

I swing back and forth on that. I think where NATO and NORAD work best is in covering those seams and gaps.

I think North America is well served by NORAD. I think the preference of both the U.S. and Canadian governments has been that NORAD is North America. We always have article 5, if push comes to shove, but because we have limited resources, I would like to see more strategic exercising of the seams and gaps, especially between USNORTHCOM and EUCOM and where NORAD is operating versus NATO.

I think the test is going to be in this new position that NATO has created. We used to have what was called the SACLANT position, which will be back in U.S. Fleet Forces Command. We're not quite sure what the role is going to be, but presumably that's going to help to provide the strategic oversight to make sure that those seams and gaps are better managed.

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