Evidence of meeting #7 for National Defence in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was training.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Steve Bowes  Commander, Land Force Doctrine and Training System, Department of National Defence

10:30 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative James Bezan

Thank you.

I understand that we're going to have some bells going off here right away.

I know you have an incredibly busy schedule, General, and that you're going to be travelling back to Alberta, so I'm going to call the meeting a bit early and give you some extra time to be on your way.

You talked about training to excite and your enthusiasm is infectious. I don't see how the troops cannot get excited about all the great work that you're doing. I definitely understand your responsibility to make sure that our soldiers are properly trained so that they can get out there and do the job in the most effective and safe way they can.

Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to be with us, not just here today but also for hosting us in Wainwright and really showing us how first class our soldiers really are. They are the best of the best, and we're going to make sure they can do the jobs the government calls on them to do from time to time.

With that, we're out of here. Thank you very much.

The meeting is adjourned.