Maxime Bernier at the National Defence Committee

On April 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.

April 1st, 2009 / 3:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Maxime Bernier

Good day to all of you and welcome to the 11^th meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on Monday, March 2, 2009, we are holding a briefing on the recent incident of a Russian military aircraft approaching Canada's airspace.

We have a presentation from the Department of National Defence. General Duval, Commander 1 Canadian Air Division, Canadian NORAD Region, is with us today.

General Duval, the floor is yours. Afterward, the committee members will have time to ask you questions.

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