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National Defence committee Thank you, Chair. I hope that General Cathcart will have an opportunity to give a couple of opening remarks as well. I am thankful for the chance to be back before you. I apologize, I wasn't able to have my remarks translated in time, but a translation will be provided later. M
February 4th, 2013Committee meeting
Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee In reprogramming the $11 million, we looked at our cost move account, which is an allocation of a little over $400 million a year for all of the moves across the country, an area where we want to make some savings by doing smarter business. That allows us to actually target that
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee No, it's out of the cost move account, the cost of moving people from Ottawa to the west coast or from the west coast to Toronto and that type of thing.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee We have found efficiencies in that account that will offset the $11.4 million. It's been reinvested in mental health.
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
November 27th, 2012Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Thank you, sir. I think you're talking about the selection of infrastructure for divestment in the department. Is that right? Level one, which is associate deputy minister or the heads of the army, navy, air force, etc., have a look at the infrastructure related to their portfo
March 13th, 2012Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee There are provisions for bringing it back.
March 13th, 2012Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Thank you, Mr. Chair, Sir, the estimate that was requested—and I believe you're referring to the article in the Ottawa Citizen today—was based on the incremental cost of doing this, understanding at the time that the overflight would be from within the yearly flying rate that ha
March 13th, 2012Committee meeting
Vice-Admiral Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee First of all, infrastructure is an equal pillar in our business. We take it seriously. It's very important, and as I said in my remarks, without infrastructure we cannot conduct our operations. Secondly, we have a lot of infrastructure: we have a lot of buildings, and we have a
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Thank you. Another great and complex question. I'm conscious that I'm probably taking too long to answer some of these questions, and I apologize, but clearly it's a subject that interests me and I want to make sure that I can be as clear as possible. Let me talk about four dom
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee We found the situation in Libya to be quite a surprise, in that six months before or eight months before it was not a part of the world we were really concerned about, and it fairly rapidly turned into a part of the world we were quite concerned about. The first area of concern
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee At the same time, sir, we were watching the situation as it developed. We were watching the concern in the international community and at the UN. Looking at the forces that we had ready and the forces that we could make ready, we prepared a series of capability options for the
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee I just rent it, sir.
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Well, sir, I wouldn't want to give the impression, following on from Minister Baird's announcement, that there would be a contemplation of a military mission in Syria. We are always ready for missions that the Government of Canada may direct us to undertake. We're always ready to
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson
National Defence committee Thank you for the question. I've seen the reserves evolve significantly over the course of my career. To my mind, the reserves are in a much stronger place than they were when I joined the Canadian Forces. We have seen almost a full circle, in that when I joined the reserves, t
December 15th, 2011Committee meeting
VAdm Bruce Donaldson