National Defence Committee on March 25th, 2026

Evidence of meeting #29 for National Defence in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was know.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Subject Matter of Supplementary Estimates (C), 2025-26: Vote 1c, 5c and 10c under the Department of National Defence

Members speaking

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay

Before the committee

David McGuinty Minister of National Defence

Fox Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence

Sheehy Assistant Deputy Minister, Materiel, Department of National Defence

Kelsey Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence

4:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

Go ahead, Ms. Romanado.

4:10 p.m.

Liberal

Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC

I'm on the French channel, and I'm hearing both languages, so it isn't working.

4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, QC

I can hear you out of sync, Mr. Chair, and I'm listening only to the French channel.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

They're going to look into it.

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Bloc

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, QC

You can adjourn the meeting and then we can look at it in the meantime.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

I couldn't even hear that properly.

Go ahead, Mr. Bezan.

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

Because of the ongoing technical difficulties we seem to have whenever we have remote interpretation, I'd like to move that we ban remote interpretation for this committee going forward and that we only have in-person interpretation to ensure that this committee can function properly in both official languages.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

Go ahead, Ms. Gallant.

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Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke, ON

I second that motion, Mr. Chairman.

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Liberal

Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC

Does this happen to other committees?

4:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

Apparently not.

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Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke, ON

No, it does not. It's just this committee.

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An hon. member

Could it be the room?

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An hon. member

It's Tim's fault.

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Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

There is a motion on the floor.

Go ahead, Ms. Romanado.

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Liberal

Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC

Mr. Chair, without interpretation services, we can't continue a debate on a motion.

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Conservative

Cheryl Gallant Conservative Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke, ON

You'll use this to stall for a third time...?

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Liberal

Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC

We don't want to block anything. We're about to conduct a study on French when there are no interpretation services.

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Conservative

Scott Anderson Conservative Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, BC

It's right here.

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Liberal

Sherry Romanado Liberal Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, QC

Is it fixed?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Charles Sousa

If I may, during this debate, we were taking advantage of the opportunity to test the system. Apparently, the clerk is advising us that the system is working.

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Conservative

James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman, MB

It seems to me right now that you're not echoing. Is it working better in French?

April 15th, 2026 / 4:10 p.m.

Bloc

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, QC

It's working, and that motion is a good idea.

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Conservative

Scott Anderson Conservative Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee, BC

It's not echoing here.