Michael Levitt at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

On October 31st, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 31st, 2017 / 11:25 a.m.

Liberal

Michael Levitt Liberal York Centre, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for being here.

I want to focus on NATO a bit, given your active role on the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. As part of our NATO commitments, about 450 Canadian Forces members are deployed in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, working with their Latvian hosts and five fellow NATO allies as part of battle group Latvia. The purpose of this deployment is to reinforce NATO's collective defence and demonstrate the strength of our solidarity with our NATO allies. What value does the Canadian contribution provide, and how important do you think this deployment is to NATO's overall mandate in the region?

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