Mr. Speaker, as outlined in “Our North, Strong and Free”, Canada has always believed that a multilateral approach is critical to the effective delivery of the defence mandate. That is why National Defence has many partnerships on the continent and around the globe, including through the Five Eyes alliance with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
In relation to the question above, a meeting of the Five Eyes unidentified aerial phenomena caucus working group was organized and hosted by the United States on May 24, 2023. Meeting details, including the agenda, remain under the purview of the United States.
Two officials from the Royal Canadian Airforce and the Canadian Forces Intelligence Command attended the working group meeting. National Defence applies the principles of the Access to Information Act and protects information on the grounds that disclosing certain information could be injurious to national security and defence. Therefore, further details cannot be disclosed.
Finally, in terms of any other meetings of the working group, National Defence carried out a manual search of its records within the allotted time and found no instances of further participation by members of the defence team.