National Defence committee  They're not all protected. Nothing is perfect, ever. I don't want to leave you with the wrong impression, but we do the most we can.

National Defence committee  I think it was when USNORTHCOM and Canada Command were formed and then eventually CEFCOM, which became CJOC, there was clearly an effort to try to protect North America from more than just the aerospace domain. At that point, the question of NORAD was discussed. Since then, in 2

National Defence committee  The way things work in Colorado Springs, as I mentioned, is that we have this twin U.S. command that is called Northern Command. The commander of Northern Command is the same admiral who commands NORAD. He's charged with the protection of networks. So NORAD benefits from NORTHCOM

National Defence committee  Yes. NORAD does not have a direct role in that. Again, on the U.S. side, there will be NORTHCOM. When you come and visit in Colorado Springs, you'll have a briefing that will show you that we have some 80 agencies that are represented at the headquarters itself. Now that is on th

National Defence committee  The answer is that it really depends. I referred in my opening remarks to the fact that we have a system of commanders. The commander of the Canadian region and also the commander of the continental U.S. region, who would be concerned also for that scene, which is at our border i

National Defence committee  It is a systemic threat, something that is going to be enduring. Since 9/11—I mentioned this was a historic turn—we used to be looking outside, and we have now developed a system to look internally to our borders, in fact, to counter this type of threat. We've been very successfu

National Defence committee  It would be a matter of minutes, less than 30 minutes, but it's more than likely that those would be Portland fighter aircraft.

National Defence committee  Now, I want to clarify that although those fighters would come from the United States—they would be U.S. fighters—within the continental region of the United States, which would initially command these fighters, we have a Canadian who is a deputy air component commander. So we ha

National Defence committee  I have to go back in history, I think, to differentiate what could constitute a threat to the United States and perhaps not to Canada, and vice versa. In 1957 when NORAD was formed, there was an implicit recognition of the fact that as far as air defence was considered, it was b

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, let me first thank you for the opportunity to appear before you and discuss NORAD. I also would like to extend the greetings of the NORAD commander, Admiral Gortney, who looks forward to your visit to the NORAD-USNORT