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National Defence committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I will be very brief. Thanks very much for the opportunity to speak to you today about NORAD modernization and our current efforts to strengthen our continental defence. My name is Jon Quinn. I'm the director general of continental defence poli

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Chair, this is a bit of a wide-ranging area of responsibility that includes our colleagues at Communications Security Establishment. Certainly I would say we are in good hands. Cybersecurity is taken very seriously. Our colleagues at Communications Security Establishment have the

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Thank you, sir.

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  I'm very sorry. Chair, if it would be possible to repeat the question, that would be helpful. It was a little bit distracting.

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  I'm not sure exactly when the member left, Mr. Chair, but I think great progress has been made. We work really closely with the Communications Security Establishment on these kinds of issues. By all means more improvements could be made, and we're working through those to make su

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll take this one. Absolutely, replacing the north warning system with a more advanced technological system as soon as possible is a really key priority as reflected in the Joint Statement on NORAD Modernization by Canada and the U.S. that I mentioned. More recently

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Absolutely. I would say that one great thing about our relationship with the United States, as administrations come and go, is that the ties in the relationship on the military and the defence side seem to remain strong regardless of the different political administrations that a

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I understand there have been some delays. It's always challenging to do this kind of infrastructure development in the Arctic under normal circumstances. That has been compounded a little by COVID and other issues recently. This isn't my area of expertise, so we'll h

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, maybe I'll take this one initially. I can't speak to specifics in terms of exactly how frequently that happens. I would point to some recent remarks by the chief of the defence staff indicating that in the Arctic we don't see an immediate military threat. Obviously,

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I think General Kelsey captured it pretty eloquently. The one thing I would add to his response is that Canada had the luxury of relying on our geography for much of our history for our defence, basically. We can rely on that less and less. You mentioned cyberspace a

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  That's another thing that we're obviously watching closely—

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Really quickly, maybe I'll take that one, Mr. Chair. I think you're absolutely.... I think that if we weren't able to enjoy that degree of integration it would have profound implications for Canadian defence and security. There's no doubt about that, but I would point to the r

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  That's a great question, Chair. I would say that it's vital. In the western world, I think our allies, friends and partnerships are one of our key advantages over our potential adversaries, who tend to operate more unilaterally. By all means, across the board, whether it's thro

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  If I understand the question correctly, Mr. Chair, I think I would say that having a presence in the north is fundamental to asserting sovereignty over it. I'm not sure if it was my comment or General Kelsey's that you were referring to, but I think the idea there is that socio

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn

National Defence committee  Chair, on this one, I think the 40%-60% split that has been talked about is in relation to the north warning system. There was an MOU in place that divides investment in that system along those lines. We'll wait until we're able to share more details on the minister's plans for N

March 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Jonathan Quinn