Evidence of meeting #27 for National Defence in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was competition.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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former Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence, As an Individual
Well, I would suggest they don't.
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Conservative
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former Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence, As an Individual
They are, but they have different roles and responsibilities from those in Canada. I am proud of the ones we have here. And those are not the accountabilities for our military.
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Conservative
Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB
In fact, I think we're being done a favour by the U.S. Congress in terms of what they've just done with respect to the Lockheed Martin reporting system.
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former Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence, As an Individual
No question about it. Absolutely.
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Conservative
Laurie Hawn Conservative Edmonton Centre, AB
That will ultimately benefit us, because we are part of that program.
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former Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), Department of National Defence, As an Individual
Absolutely.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Maxime Bernier
Thank you very much. That was a very delightful committee.
Thank you, Mr. Williams. We very much appreciate your being here.
It is now 5:29. As provided in the agenda, we will now adjourn our proceedings.
Thank you, everyone. We will be back here in two weeks.
That concludes the 27th meeting of the Standing Committee on National defence.
The meeting is adjourned.