Government Operations committee  In these two cases it was the ability to deploy by ourselves, to be able to bring to bear the equipment and the soldiers we needed to put on the ground. In the example you were mentioning with the tsunami, that was the pre-C-17 era. We did not have the Globemasters to be able t

Government Operations committee  If we had to send people there, we would either borrow from the U.S. forces, or go into a contract with commercial air that would bring our equipment to wherever we needed it.

Government Operations committee  I could not give you the specifics, but I can tell you that for Haiti we had an airplane on the ground in Port-au-Prince the morning after the incident.

Government Operations committee  Not that much more can be said. What we have in terms of capability planning is called the strategic capability road map. You may have heard of it. It looks at what we have right now, from a capability perspective, and when we're going to need to start replacing equipment in orde

Government Operations committee  In certain cases, this year, as part of our quarterly reviews, adjustments were made to the budget and we were asked to make adjustments to level 1, as it was possible to do without any impact on the operational levels. Our criterion is a priority, and it has no impact on operati

Government Operations committee  The first element from a reservist perspective is that reservists are very important to us right now. In fact, for some of our rotations in Afghanistan they account for about 20% of the group that goes over there. It's an element dear to our hearts. The reservists will continue t

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. Reservists are part of that.

Government Operations committee  The Chief of Defence Staff will be there.

National Defence committee  First of all, on the issue of...you can call it possible confusion or not, but ships like the Halifax and the Athabaskan, which sailed for this operation, loaded themselves up to maximum capacity to sustain themselves and sustain efforts ashore. That included equipment for the tr

National Defence committee  It would have been broken down into the multiple subactivities within that line.

National Defence committee  First of all, as I mentioned earlier, immediately the next day, we actually had an aircraft on the tarmac in Port-au-Prince. The only way we could actually maintain the air bridge, which we have been maintaining with Haiti for the entire duration, was with the capability of the C

National Defence committee  In terms of the withdrawal plan and how we are actually going to terminate the mission in Afghanistan, it will be done in a way that will never diminish the requirement for equipment and the protection our soldiers have or need in Afghanistan, up until the moment they cease comba

National Defence committee  In fact, a critical point of what took place down in Haiti is what you would call a completely tri-service effort. If you use the word “joint”, that expresses exactly what took place down there. We had two ships sail there to bring, first of all, a command and control capability

National Defence committee  Alright. The first question concerned shipbuilding in Canada and the plan to bring together shipbuilding in Canada. The summit held last July was the first ever of its kind in Canada. It did not result in a report as such. All of the industry people who attended this summit and

National Defence committee  I guess the first element, when we talk about this specific aspect that you've just mentioned, is basically giving back to Afghans a means of prosperity and moving forward. Certainly when I was there, you look at the schools that are being built, you see the capacity being regene