Evidence of meeting #3 for National Defence in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was sure.
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Conservative
Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
The north early warning system is all part of that.
You had committed a rapid response force to the UN. Has that been stood up yet? Where are we with that?
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Liberal
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Conservative
Cheryl Gallant Conservative Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Is it still going to happen even before the vote—
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Liberal
Harjit S. Sajjan Liberal Vancouver South, BC
No, we have not committed to that.
As I stated, when we select missions as a government, we need to do the full analysis. If we make a decision on where we are going and what we are doing, we have to make sure that we're going to have the right impact, so that work is constantly ongoing with the UN.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Karen McCrimmon
There is time for one quick question.
Monsieur Robillard, you get it.
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Liberal
Yves Robillard Liberal Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Minister Sajjan, can you give us some information on the importance of the veteran's service card?
Veterans Affairs Canada is transferring $1.5 million to National Defence to implement phase 3 of this initiative.
Why is this phase important? How will it help our veterans?
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Liberal
Harjit S. Sajjan Liberal Vancouver South, BC
The Veterans Affairs card is something that our veterans have asked for, and what we've done has actually improved it. I don't have a copy of what it looks like.
Because we knew there was going to be a high demand for it, we had three phases of how to get it delivered. Phases one and two are complete. Everybody who retires now gets their card before they leave, and anybody who has retired beforehand is applying. We have a significant number of people who are applying, and we are working through that list to get it done.
It also identifies the years of service provided. It's an important recognition that they can have, but the nice thing about it is that it's back; it's newer and improved, and we're on the final phase of this.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Karen McCrimmon
Thank you very much.
Our thanks to you, Minister, and your esteemed team. Thank you very much for coming today. It was very enlightening. I think everybody took away some good information.
As a last-minute reminder, please have your witness lists in for the mental health study by the close of business on Friday.
With that, we will adjourn.