National Defence Committee on April 19th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #8 for National Defence in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was threat.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Canada and the Defence of North America

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Pierre St-Amand Deputy Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Department of National Defence

10:35 a.m.

NDP

Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, BC

Actually, my questions are going to be for you, at this point. We raised the question of the budget for NORAD, and Lieutenant-General St-Amand said that we could get those figures. My request is that we be given, either through NORAD or through our analyst, some kind of information sheet or briefing sheet on the budgeting for NORAD.

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

Okay. We will make that request.

10:35 a.m.

NDP

Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, BC

The second thing is that we agreed to give priority to this study of North American air readiness, but we also agreed at this committee that we would hear from Lieutenant-General Christine Whitecross and the CSEC director. We have certainly given priority to this study. I am wondering whether we will have an opportunity to hear from them soon, because we are about to take a week and go to Colorado, and various other things are coming up. I am concerned that this study not be at the expense of those two other things that we agreed to do as a committee.

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr

We can certainly take that up in committee business, which we can do just before we depart.

Are there any more questions for the witness?

10:35 a.m.

NDP

Randall Garrison NDP Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke, BC

I'll pass on future questions.

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Stephen Fuhr