Health committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to discuss the role of the Canadian Armed Forces in the whole-of-government assisted return of Canadian citizens from China following the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus. I am Major-General Trevor Cadieu. As the

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I'll comment on the mitigation measures we are taking at Trenton to mitigate the risk to the returnees, the Canadian Armed Forces members and, subsequently, of course, our missions as well. On arrival, in support of CBSA, those individuals will receive an initial scr

Health committee  Mr. Chair, in terms of the quarters, the accommodations we're using currently for returnees, the Yukon Lodge facility, which I referred to before, has a capacity of approximately 280 rooms. Those are single rooms with washrooms. What we're working out right now is dependent on th

Health committee  Absolutely. In addition to working through the planning alongside the Public Health Agency and the Canada Border Services Agency, we are continuously forward-planning, contingency-planning. In addition to having a strong understanding of the resources that are available in Trento

Health committee  Mr. Chair, our military police are primarily mandated to look after the security of our Canadian Forces bases and our members and their dependants. Notwithstanding the support that we're going to be providing to CBSA and the Public Health Agency, that work will continue. It still

Health committee  It's a commercial aircraft, Mr. Chair. The first aircraft that's been contracted by Global Affairs Canada is a civilian Airbus 340.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I think Global Affairs Canada is continuing to work through options right now. They're looking at a number of considerations. I don't think that determination has been made.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, thank you for the invitation to discuss the role of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces in the whole-of-government response to the evolving COVID-19 situation. With me again today is Major-General Andrew Downes, our res

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, I do not have any opening remarks. Deputy Minister Thomas is representing both the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have.

Public Accounts committee  Ultimately, this is about better supporting men and women deployed on operations. Specific to Operation Laser, both our chief of the defence staff and deputy minister issued clear direction that before any CAF personnel integrated into operations to support our most vulnerable Ca

Public Accounts committee  I want to start by reinforcing that our number one priority in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence is to get the materiel and equipment to the men and women who are conducting operations on behalf of the Government of Canada. I can say categorically t

Public Accounts committee  We have taken direction from our deputy minister and our chief of the defence staff to start getting at some of these issues now. The deputy minister referred in her opening remarks to the fact that we have established in this department a defence supply chain oversight committee

Public Accounts committee  The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces are currently supporting the Public Health Agency with a detailed logistical planning effort to help better understand what the requirements are going to be for the eventual rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines. That wo

Public Accounts committee  Since the start of the pandemic, the Canadian Armed Forces and the Department of National Defence have been trying to do our part alongside whole-of-government partners. That includes through integration with the Public Health Agency at the start of the pandemic under the rubric

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, at this time we do not yet know the extent of it or the role the Canadian Armed Forces could play in the actual rollout of the COVID vaccine. The logistical planning support and the liaison currently being provided to the Public Health Agency are under our existing o