We absolutely need to have sovereign capabilities when it comes to missile defence. I noticed that, in the Department of National Defence's planning for NORAD modernization, it talks about the
GBAD, or ground-based air defence.
We should lose the previous allergy to ballistic missile defence. It doesn't matter whether it's ballistic, cruise, drone or whatever. We should be dealing with an integrated missile defence system, and we in Canada should possess capabilities of our own, both for our forces abroad—forward and in Latvia—and for defending our critical infrastructure and critical needs here in Canada, and that should include the capability to engage all missile threats.
