Approximately 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces members support NORAD in fulfilling its missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control and maritime warning for the defence of North America.
As a country, Canada also contributes fighter aircraft, command communications and control nodes, bases and forward-operating locations across the country. What we are doing in NORAD modernization is we are upgrading our contributions to NORAD. We're investing in new technological solutions, such as over-the-horizon radar, which will greatly enhance early warning and tracking of potential threats to North America. These investments are going to help protect Canadians from new and emerging aerospace threats in an era in which technological development is continuing to occur and in an era where command and control are absolutely essential.