National Defence committee  May I add a thought?

National Defence committee  I agree with what Rob has said, but I think the other edge that's been added to this debate is the fact that most of the Nordic and Baltic countries are scared beyond description. We've sent some troops to the Baltic countries. Sweden has just reinstituted some form of draft, and

National Defence committee  Absolutely.

National Defence committee  I don't have a view on the amount that the United Nations is focused on, but I was in Iraq a couple of times, and that country, quite honestly, is falling to pieces. The conflict over the course of the last little while has left it devastated. I think it was the Iraqi Prime Min

National Defence committee  Go ahead.

National Defence committee  I certainly think NATO should be doing more of that. If we're not doing it with NATO, we should do it bilaterally in some circumstances. There are two issues in dealing with militaries like the Iraqis. The first is helping the government of the day to ensure their loyalty, which

National Defence committee  I think it's a very reasonable thing to be concerned about. I don't worry in particular about what the major nuclear powers are going to do. I don't think France, England, and the United States are going to treat these matters easily. To take North Korea as an example, I don't th

National Defence committee  Maybe I can start, if you'll allow me. I think one thing we have to remember is that doing defence spending in a democracy is not easy. I don't need to tell you this: you have to go to explain it all to your constituents. One issue we have in Canada is that we don't talk about

National Defence committee  I can try. To be honest, when I was the deputy at Defence, procurement was the one topic that regularly had me go home and hit my head against the wall. More seriously, there are three elements to dealing with defence procurement reform. I think the biggest problem is that there

National Defence committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I really appreciate this opportunity to say a few words about what I think is a very important topic. If I may, I'd like to start with a couple of basics. Canada belongs to two strategic alliances, NORAD and NATO, and I think sometimes we forg

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I just wanted to say that I think it's a good bill overall. I mean, I think a lot of people spent a lot of time working on this. However, it is beginning to rival the Income Tax Act for complexity. There are sub-sub-subsections that are excluded, that are exempted. If

Public Safety committee  You won't be surprised by my answer. I think that the answer is no. I don't think that we're oblivious to the threat, but I would argue—and I make no distinction between governments here—that we are schizophrenic on China. There are people who see real trade and economic advantag

Public Safety committee  I don't have an answer to that, and I think if the answer is yes, then I'm even more frightened by what the range of his authorities could be. Technically speaking, from what I remember of the Federal Courts Act, I think the short answer would be yes, and if that's the case, I t

Public Safety committee  That's a very good question. I would argue most likely “yes”, because most of the definitions that attach to the World Wide Web, the international digital infrastructure, are so broad that you could probably link in most aspects of AI and most aspects of the cloud. I think it wo

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. It's the traditional answer, but this time I mean it. I didn't say it in my initial remarks, but one part of this quasi-omnibus bill that I think is overly complex is the one dealing with information sharing within the federal government. I would arg