National Defence committee  In terms of peacekeeping operations, we intend to deploy 250 CAF members, starting in the summer, for a 12-month mission, as you're aware. The budget for that is in two parts. There's the yearly flying rate for the air force, for the helicopters we're sending. We're sending two C

National Defence committee  We're going to ask General Lamarre to respond to your question.

National Defence committee  Thank you very much.

National Defence committee  This subject is extraordinarily important to everybody in the department. Bill Matthews, the new senior associate deputy minister—you met him here a few weeks ago—has now been assigned the task of working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, supporting the Associate Minister

National Defence committee  I'll start and then ask both the vice-chief and ADM materiel to jump in. The joint supply ship is a project that has been on the books for the Royal Canadian Navy for several years and is part of the national shipbuilding procurement strategy, two vessels, both warships, built t

National Defence committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'll start and then ask the vice-chief to jump in. I think that speaking for the civilian workforce and in discussions I've had with General Vance, we see ourselves as perhaps one of the most progressive workforces in government. If you look

National Defence committee  I think there are two answers there. The Royal Canadian Navy is not procuring icebreakers. They're procuring Arctic offshore patrol ships. Those vessels have an ice capacity, and they'll be able to operate in first-year ice in the Arctic two to three months of the year. The Can

National Defence committee  They've always had to.

National Defence committee  I'll ask the ADM, materiel, to respond in detail. The answer very broadly is yes. I think that we shouldn't conflate the national shipbuilding strategy with the requirements that have been laid out for the Royal Canadian Navy in the defence policy review, which states the capac

National Defence committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'll start by talking about the conference. The UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Conference was an extraordinary opportunity for Canada to showcase not only what we are going to commit for peacekeeping, but additionally, the principles t

National Defence committee  I absolutely do. I can ask the vice-chief to speak in more detail to that, but our Canadian values and our approach to peacekeeping—how we train, how we assist, and the missions we will take on—are absolutely what's going to be taught in that centre.

National Defence committee  That's absolutely the goal of the centre, and it's Canada's vision of peace support operations, but in terms of the detail, I'll ask the vice-chief to provide you with some information.

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. Phoenix is an issue that we talk about daily, and almost hourly some days, within the Department of National Defence. We are 10% of the public service, and we are 10% of the problems. There are 16,000 employees affected by Phoenix right now. We treat

National Defence committee  After the first AOPS is complete, we'll have a better idea of the total timeline to finish the AOPS. Then we'll be in a different process.

National Defence committee  In the spring.