National Defence committee  I'll ask Pat to speak to the specifics of the ships, but as a former commissioner of the Coast Guard, I'm happy to answer. The AOPS vessels are not icebreakers, they're ice capable. An icebreaker has a different design in terms of its stern and the bow specifically, to allow it t

National Defence committee  I'll ask Pat and the CFO to speak to that.

National Defence committee  I'll start and then I'll ask Elizabeth Van Allen, our ADM of infrastructure and environment, to get into a bit more detail. In these estimates, we're asking for $6.2 million for four projects. These are the Esquimalt harbour remediation project, the TCE Valcartier project in Qu

National Defence committee  I'm very happy to. The total health and wellness strategy funded through “Strong, Secure, Engaged” encompasses the entire department. It provides total health and wellness for serving CAF members and those transitioning to Veterans Affairs Canada, as well as a total health strat

National Defence committee  That's a software project in which the Canadian Armed Forces is upgrading PeopleSoft, which is the base system, in order to get it to the next iteration. It's part of a larger project that will eventually upgrade the military pay system. It's being done in very distinct steps. It

National Defence committee  We are indeed. This one has been rigorously tested. It is being done in phases. In fact, it was part of the much larger project that we reduced. We're upgrading PeopleSoft. Then we're going to improve business rules, and then we'll work on the pay system.

National Defence committee  We're very pleased to be able to provide funding for the Sackville, as the minister said. We have a one-time opportunity for up to $3.5 million. We're working with partner departments to provide $100,000 of in-kind work on the Sackville every year. We would be able to do constant

National Defence committee  The process is under way to look at every record of every person affected by the LGBTQ2 apology. It is a case-by-case review of their records through our privacy process. It then moves on to the second stage, where we're looking at service records and how to compensate people thr

National Defence committee  Absolutely. We have to look at every individual's case, change the record, and resubmit it into the system, so that is going on on a case-by-case basis, not because we're waiting but because you can't do it in bulk. Each person is an individual, and you have to adjust the service

National Defence committee  We are heavily investing in two aspects. The first is the reopening of Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, where we need to have health care facilities that are equal to what we have on the campus of the Royal Military College in Kingston. Further, “Strong, Secure, Engaged”

Public Accounts committee  The cost per student is $55,000. We've not worked out—

Public Accounts committee  Yes, there are master's and Ph.D. programs at RMC, but we don't charge tuition to anybody who enters the four-year program. They go through as a cadet and enter the Canadian Armed Forces.

Public Accounts committee  We'll get you those figures.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. The academic and social expectations of the individuals who are applying are at the highest standard in the province and across the country. The young people we are attracting to RMC, high, high, high academic averages, active in sports, ac

Public Accounts committee  I believe we produce high-quality officers. I don't just think, I know, the officers in the Canadian Armed Forces are extraordinarily high quality, demonstrating that there's value for money and that we are getting a different quality of officer out of RMC. That work has begun. I