Tako Van Popta at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On June 2nd, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 2nd, 2022 / 11:50 a.m.

Conservative

Tako Van Popta Conservative Langley—Aldergrove, BC

Good. Thank you.

I have a question about the North Warning System and NORAD, which is a partnership we have with the United States of America.

We had witnesses appear before this committee telling us that the infrastructure and the technology are woefully out of date and need to be upgraded. The infrastructure is designed to track a bomber, for example, coming over the North Pole to North America, but it is not designed for hypersonic missiles today.

I know it's a national defence issue as well, but in your department is this a matter of concern at all?

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