Something this committee has heard about in this study is the myth that a Russian force could invade our far north and ask for our assistance to rescue them if that was ever attempted. With the advent of hypersonic glide vehicles capable of reaching Canada or the United States in minutes, in what we understand would be a war with advanced technologies and not traditional expeditionary forces, could Canada ever hope to neutralize these threats with our own technology, or would we have to be fully integrated with the United States, where the American all-domain threat sensors are integrated with multi-level missile defence systems at their core?
On November 1st, 2022. See this statement in context.