National Defence committee  Thank you. I believe all the members of the committee have the overhead hard copy of the threat fans. They are a copy of a threat fan from North Korea and where a ballistic missile trajectory would go to be able to cover all of North America. Let me get right to the point and

National Defence committee  From my perspective, first of all with regards to the Swedish and Finnish involvement, that raises the issue of course of what the future holds for the NATO-based American phased adaptive approach to missile defence and whether you want to add a site for further defence. That be

National Defence committee  The simple answer is, no one knows. You won't know until the doors open to enter into discussions with the United States. You won't know until those discussions then proceed to what Canada may be willing to contribute or could contribute to effectively get access. The numbers th

National Defence committee  Good morning. I thought I would focus my brief on the issue of Canadian participation in the United States' ballistic missile defence program, specifically the ground-based midcourse defense system currently deployed in Alaska and California, given that this is one of the issues

National Defence committee  No, you end up with the NORAD threat assessment, which is a North American threat assessment, and it's not necessarily the case for the NORAD threat assessment that those who are NORAD personnel, Canada and U.S. personnel, themselves agree with the national threat environment per

National Defence committee  That's a big question. First of all, the United States is not concerned with Russia. It's concerned with China. That's its number one emerging strategic priority. That's what the real debate in the United States is. It's not the Russian case. Many of the dots you connect seem

National Defence committee  That's a very big question. We grappled with this when we wrote the report, because any one of those options that are identified requires really detailed analysis. I can tell you quickly what my ideal solution is. The ideal is to gradually expand NORAD, at a minimum to provide

National Defence committee  May I add to that?

National Defence committee  The concern why I'm on centralized North America all-domain awareness from a North American perspective is the 9/11 case. That is where all the information existed, parcelled out among separate agencies and departments in the United States, and there was no one who put the whole

National Defence committee  I largely agree with Dr. Charron. I understand why governments turn to the military to do these things. They have a capability to do what no one else in the government system can, and it's a natural desire to look at what you have and see what you can use. In terms of the milit

National Defence committee  Quickly, what I would say is that there may be areas.... I would add as an aside here that when we're concerned about Russian rhetoric about the Arctic we should take a look at our own rhetoric about the Arctic. That's just a side note. It's a little bit of a bugaboo that I have

National Defence committee  I'll be very brief because Andrea is the Arctic expert, but from my perspective—mostly from listening to Andrea about this—we need to engage the Russian military. The two militaries need to sit down and talk about it as—and if—the greater presence and activity continues to occur

National Defence committee  I'm not a cyber expert. I've seen enough reports come out, mostly emanating from the United States, that there have been cyber-attacks. Whether they are designed to acquire intelligence—i.e., there are spying missions that have been identified, and the finger has been pointed at

National Defence committee  Very quickly, generally threats today are perceived in terms of capabilities that could pose a threat. In the state world, these are capabilities in the absence of political intent, except for concerns about North Korea and, to a lesser degree, Iran. In the non-state world, the

National Defence committee  I agree with my colleague. The only thing I would add is that when we talk about the Arctic question, about opening up the Arctic, the need to invest in infrastructure, and which departments and government institutions are going to take lead roles and what roles they should take