National Defence committee  As I mentioned in my opening comments, our frigate is seconded to NATO, and it has been for years on end. When you look at the orbit of that particular six-month journey, that vessel will move often. As it is now in the North Sea, it will go down through into the Strait of Gibral

National Defence committee  A hypothetical question, granted, but I certainly would imagine NATO having the ability to forward project a command-and-control structure that would be led by a joint task force commander. That ability is very much resident into the NATO structure. One of the benefits of NATO a

National Defence committee  It's a great question. With regard to any coalition...and I've heard many force commanders and commanders who have done the business say it's always sloppy. There are always challenges in integrating with teams you haven't trained with. That's why we invest so heavily in the tr

National Defence committee  I think institutionally when you compare us to other militaries, and I go back to Mr. Gerretsen's mention of RMC. We have one military academy, and it's a joint academy. We raise our members with that kind of consciousness up front as opposed to other systems where it's kind of b

National Defence committee  Again, we're here to talk NATO. I'm not an expert on the U.S. BMD system so I wouldn't be in a position to provide you any context as to the effectiveness of the system versus evolving missile.... I can't answer that question. I don't have that information. Some of that perhaps

National Defence committee  I'm not tracking the numbers of folks we have. The point I might offer up to the committee in response to your question is if you take a look at how NATO has evolved over the last 10 years, some of the structural adaptations that are under way, new subordinate commands, one of th

National Defence committee  I can follow up with you on the UBC piece separately. I don't have a lot of details in terms of the size of the cohort. I'm aware of the interest. I think it's a great idea. The questions are somewhat linked, Mr. Gerretsen's and yours. I think we all have a job to do to educate.

National Defence committee  It's not really my position to offer up my opinion on that. As I said, the policy is pretty clear, and we respect that policy, and I think it's well articulated in Strong, Secure, Engaged.

National Defence committee  Yes. I believe what matters is people stepping up. I think you heard from General Hainse, who talked about when the call is made, Canada steps up and makes a contribution. A country that had a 2% expenditure, but never offered up capability to NATO, compared to a country that, sa

National Defence committee  If I may, I would point—

National Defence committee  I think if you read our defence policy, you'll see it's quite clear that vis-à-vis ballistic missile defence it has not changed, but certainly we're committed and we recognize that our first job is to defend Canada. As our policy indicates, we're going to collaborate in a very de

National Defence committee  I'm not an expert on U.S. policy so I wouldn't want to hazard to offer up my opinion in that regard.

National Defence committee  Certainly, through NORAD, one of the missions that the binational command, Canada and the U.S., executes 24-7 is to provide strategic warning to the capitals in Washington and Ottawa. Any missile launch globally is immediately assessed, and if it is assessed to be a threat to Nor

National Defence committee  If you're referring to a ballistic missile system, we do not have a system like that.

National Defence committee  Certainly I'm aware of the number of Ukrainian armed forces members we have trained through the Operation Unifier enterprise. I think it's just north of 5,500. We've delivered about 120 particular serials of training. Is that your question?