National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, there is a lot in there. Firstly, on the policy document itself, you talked about war footing. The characterization of the security environment as it applies to Canada has geopolitical, technological and climate change in there. I'm happy with that. Likewise, the st

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have much to add other than we need the new 155 mm ammunition. The range is farther, it's more accurate and it has a larger kill radius than the M107 round. That's why we urgently need to get this into production.

National Defence committee  Let me go back to the strategy for a second and to why this is so important. We need this in place so that we have a view on housing that will take us into the future as we bring in the units and the capabilities that we see articulated in this policy. If we go back in time to t

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I have been stuck in Cambridge Bay as a snowstorm came in. That runway closed down, and I was stuck in a tent—that's another war story. However, what we're about to embark on as a result of this policy update is a northern-facing strategy. As we take a look at these n

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I just checked my notes, and I have an answer for you. There's a new non-taxable compensation and benefits instruction to compensate the Canadian Rangers for usage of personally owned equipment that was put in place on August 1 of last year. This provides for the comp

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question. In fact, we already have a rapid reaction force. For example, last fall, after the attack in Israel, we deployed a rapid reaction force to the Middle East to evacuate noncombatants if needed. We now have a team in Haiti to support the embassy, which

National Defence committee  In fact, in October and November, we deployed an additional 500 members of the Canadian Armed Forces to the Middle East to prepare for an evacuation, if necessary.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I will take this one first before turning it over to the deputy minister. I agree. Housing is a challenge right across the board, not just in Petawawa. In Ontario, we have to look at our other bases as well. Trenton is another one. We need to take a look at different

National Defence committee  If I can, I'll make two points on this. Firstly, we're very happy to see the policy with the regional focus on the Arctic, as are our allies. This has been a regional vulnerability, especially for our U.S. allies. Speaking to the chair of the military committee of NATO last week

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll take that one. Up until this point, many of the leaders and some of the functions have been double-hatted within the Canadian Armed Forces and indeed the department, because the cyber-enterprise within the Canadian Armed Forces is under our CIO. What we're going

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll take this one, as well. JADC2—joint all-domain command and control, or what we're calling, in the Canadian Armed Forces, “pan-domain command and control”—reflects the changing character of war, where the newer domains of space and cyber need to be better integrat

National Defence committee  Not everything in terms of military concepts that we are working on is in the DPU. However, I will say that the reference to digital transformation is absolutely there. When I take a look at the various capabilities and modernization efforts we need, digital modernization is ri

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I can't answer that question yet, because we haven't seen what the results would be.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, each reservist's situation is different. In Europe, for example, we'll be using more reservists for our mission in Latvia. However, in general, it's difficult to have a large cohesive group of reservists ready for operations. What we're finding with our reserve deplo