Gord Johns at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On March 22nd, 2022. See this statement in context.

March 22nd, 2022 / 5 p.m.

NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

Thank you.

In the department's 2022-23 plan, it reads:

Defence Intergovernmental Affairs is engaging Indigenous women’s organizations and Elders as partners in the work to strengthen domestic and continental defence and to modernize NORAD.

Can you talk about the important benefits of engaging indigenous women and elders for continental defence and NORAD's modernization? Can you also provide some examples of areas where indigenous women and elders have strengthened NORAD's operations and where we are right now in that area?

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