National Defence committee We really can't say because of what's in the plan, but there really hasn't been specific action taken on the Goose Bay initiative.
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee Part of it is at the highest levels of government in terms of specifying a lead department to review an arctic strategy. The Privy Council Office certainly has a keen interest in making sure there's a balance of effort and an understanding of who the lead department would be. INA
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee No, my understanding is that INAC has been determined to be the lead department for the development of the strategy, but several government departments also have roles to play in that. Foreign Affairs certainly has a significant role to play, as it affects our offshore or issues
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee In response to government direction, we've been in the process of developing a “Canada first” defence strategy, which really characterizes the defence policy initiatives that are key to the government's desires. In keeping with that, in the capability development realm, we've bee
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee Perhaps I could correct a misperception. The “Canada first” defence strategy actually talks more about Canada's defence and security needs than it does about industry requirements. Certainly we see in the discussion of the policy base the requirement to look for opportunities th
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee What I'd like to help clarify is that in fact it wasn't just the Iltis to the Nyala. We also went through an intermediate round with the Mercedes-Benz G wagon. For some years, the army had identified as one of its requirements the ability to increase the soldier's survivability
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee We submit each of these statements of requirements to numerous levels of scrutiny, and at each progressive level the people who initially draw that statement of requirement up have to be able to reinforce or to at least withstand that challenge. At a number of these stages we've
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward
National Defence committee Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am MGen Mike Ward, Chief of Force Development. My role, on behalf of the Deputy Minister and the Chief of the Defence Staff, is to harmonize, synchronize and integrate the Force Development activities of the Navy, th
February 8th, 2007Committee meeting
MGen M.J. Ward