Public Accounts committee  This Madame Thomas?

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, sir. The governance of the national shipbuilding strategy is now quite well developed and is led by PSPC. Yes, the Department of National Defence is responsible for the program at Irving Shipbuilding, led by the ADM of materiel, Troy Crosby. If you're asking who's ac

Public Accounts committee  Yes, you're quite correct. There are two Coast Guard vessels that are going to be built at the Irving shipyard. There are also two navy ships that are being built at Seaspan. The governance of the program means that we work with PSPC, ISED, and DFO Coast Guard in order to come t

Public Accounts committee  I apologize. I'm happy to hear it's not for me.

Public Accounts committee  The first thing I would like to highlight is that the expectations, going back to 2010—

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm pleased to be here with my deputy head colleagues to discuss the Auditor General's report 2, “National Shipbuilding Strategy”. I am joined by Vice-Admiral Craig Baines, commander, Royal Canadian Navy; and Troy Crosby, assistant deputy minister, mater

Canada-China Relations committee  The approach of Canada and our allies to the South China Sea is very consistent. All of our Five Eyes allies use the same approach, and they see the South China Sea and the Strait of Taiwan as free and open areas to navigate through, so I would say that our approach is absolutely

Canada-China Relations committee  When an active cyber-operation has occurred, and that's not happened very frequently, there's not a notification of Parliament. However, in a memorandum to cabinet authorizing an operation, if cyber-effects would be used, that authorization is sought in the MC.

Canada-China Relations committee  Shelly may wish to answer that question. I think that's something we should take on notice.

Canada-China Relations committee  Certainly Canada's primordial defence relationship is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO has an interest in China, there's absolutely no doubt, but the majority of our exercising in the NATO environment, which I would invite either of the military members to comme

Canada-China Relations committee  Canada is not currently a member of the Quad. I would invite that question to go to Foreign Affairs.

Canada-China Relations committee  I could ask Major-General Cadieu to expand upon the exact training in that it was a military training program. I think any transfer of knowledge that allows another country that is not an ally and not necessarily of the same view that we have of the world to expand its body of kn

Canada-China Relations committee  The training that was conducted and planned to be conducted in 2018 was very low-level training. Regarding the difference between the strategic view of China and the Arctic and what Canada needs to do to protect our interests and our sovereignty in the Arctic, I would say they ar

Canada-China Relations committee  My understanding is there will not be this kind of training.

Canada-China Relations committee  I don't know of any message to the Department of National Defence at that time.