LGen J.A.J. Parent at the National Defence Committee

On March 9th, 2015. See this statement in context.

March 9th, 2015 / 3:55 p.m.

Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Department of National Defence

Mr. Harris, I thank you for your question, and it's good to see you again, sir.

I'm currently comfortable that NORAD has been protected with the highest level of priority to maintain our readiness and our capabilities to become an effective deterrent, and if necessary, to react to any aggression.

The NORAD readiness has been protected in the U.S. throughout sequestration and I can say the same in Canada. I think NORAD's priority with search and rescue is priority number one of the Canadian NORAD region and 1 Canadian Air Division. So far, there's been no decline in our state of readiness due to the budget cuts in both Canada and the U.S.

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