National Defence committee  In 2016, NATO said they would regard that a cyber-attack against a member state will result in article 5 being activated. Crimea and Ukraine are not included in that. If he had attacked a country that was a member of NATO, would we have activated article 5? We don't know because

National Defence committee  We have to be committed. The country that's been attacked is Ukraine. We have to show commitment from the outside that we're willing to protect and go to the next level with Ukraine. If we don't, Russia will start looking at all the Baltic states, and then that becomes a bigger i

National Defence committee  The main risk is Russia going one step further. In other words, what the Ukraine is worried about, as well as the other former Soviet Union bloc countries, is the fact that Russia is going to take back more areas within those countries, to enable it to have a bigger operating bat

National Defence committee  There have been a lot of private military corporations, mainly U.S. private corporations, that have gone in. They are assisting the Ukrainians with various different training and how to operate, especially in urban areas where a lot of these battles are taking place. In terms o

National Defence committee  Ukraine is facing a very fast, mobile, highly equipped and trained army. While Russia has not gone any further than Donbas at this particular time, who knows what's going to happen? The cyber-attacks are getting more and more intense, and that's for one or two reasons. They're

National Defence committee  Russia is providing assistance right across the board. A lot of the pro-Russian side is actually Russian special forces. The media call them the green men. They are all over the place. They have a huge special forces capability in Russia, and that is now filtering over the border

National Defence committee  Yes. I have done that.

National Defence committee  We need to redefine the battle space, and that's why I'm talking about military advancements. I'd like to go offline a minute. We're responsible for carrying out an extensive audit of one of the province's water supply systems. All our SCADA systems were not protected in any sh

National Defence committee  We are vulnerable now, today.

National Defence committee  Yes. I'm not even going to go on to our nuclear power stations.

National Defence committee  Do you want to answer that question?

National Defence committee  Warfare has been the way it's been for many years. This is a new spinoff from actual war and what we're used to planning for and what our leaders are used to dealing with over time. These forays into these different countries, we get them in Canada but it doesn't mean to say we'r

National Defence committee  I think he is testing the water. The only thing I can see changing is if he comes out of power and someone else takes over who is a little easier to deal with. That doesn't seem to be on the horizon at this particular moment in time. The less we do to stop him from doing it, the

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National Defence committee  I spent 23 years in the British Special Forces. I immigrated to Canada and I've had my company going now for 21 years.