National Defence committee  No. I'm not sure if your question is about the training or about the availability of certain trades and the relative numbers?

National Defence committee  Sir, I'm going to have to beg off that question and delegate up, if it's possible. I will clarify that we have that infrastructure in the north. I will make use of it when I'm able to. For my operations, I can make use of NORAD's infrastructure, but I do not own or control it. We

National Defence committee  From my perspective, I think that in capability terms I'm looking forward to that capability when it's delivered. From where I sit, I'm not an expert in maritime operations who can tell you that I need three, four, or seven patrol ships. What I do know is that we have a certain w

National Defence committee  I'll separate your question into two parts, if I may: my operational intent, and then the other part with respect to the north warning system. The north warning system is part of NORAD's suite of equipment. I'm certainly not in a position to comment on the future evolution of it

National Defence committee  Yes, but if you will allow me, I will answer in English.

National Defence committee  That way, my comments and answers will be clearer. In terms of risks and threats, there are evolutions in the climate. That's changing a number of things. Whether you're travelling in the summer via maritime means or travelling in the winter, as the weather patterns are changing

National Defence committee  I would say it is limited. Certainly, I make it a point to visit with the mayors, the hamlet councils, and the senior administrative officers in every community when I do happen to visit if I'm there on operations, on exercises, or visiting Ranger patrols. It's an attempt to have

National Defence committee  We do have a lessons learned process for every operation or exercise we undertake so that would be available. We were very lucky to be in that area on exercise at that time. So the response was quite quick and lives were saved. I know that. I know as well that in a broader sens

National Defence committee  I can just add very quickly to that. Certainly to reinforce that point, if it's about mission continuity as it applies to electricity, we always plan on bringing it with us. There are many communities, and most are served by diesel in remote areas. Some have hydroelectricity but

National Defence committee  Certainly, we have a lot of interaction with all of these partners. Our main partners in most activities end up being the three RCMP divisions in each territory. They have presence in many of the communities where we have presence. There's a lot of sharing of information and chal

National Defence committee  I don't believe so, no.

National Defence committee  Let me answer that in a couple of ways. One, in my last post I was the director general for cyberspace. It was a force development position. Part of what I was doing was analysis and research on what the demands were, what the requirements are, and what the changes in threats and

National Defence committee  I could share some, but whatever I would share is already out of date. I honestly don't know the latest plan moving forward.

National Defence committee  We patrol for a number of reasons, and there's not necessarily a revisit rate that drives what we're doing with respect to patrolling. Essentially—and I know you have heard this before—our Rangers do act as our eyes and ears whether they are wearing their red hoodie or not. They

National Defence committee  We meet twice a year. It's meant to be a forum where we bring together regional, federal, territorial, and key municipal emergency measures organizations, essentially any main stakeholder that has an interest in Arctic—we say Arctic security, but realistically it really is a spec