James Bezan at the National Defence Committee

On September 17th, 2024. See this statement in context.

September 17th, 2024 / 5:25 p.m.

Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Allison, for splitting your time.

Ambassador, the Government of Canada promised back in January 2023 that we were going to send some NASAMS air defence systems to you. In March of 2023, Minister Anand said it was en route, and now we're hearing it might show up sometime in January 2025.

I know you need them now. That system would be very important for protecting the cities and the civilians of Ukraine. Have you received a hard date for when the NASAMS will be delivered?

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