National Defence committee  In July, but where?

National Defence committee  —will address these issues as well, but I really don't know. I share your concern, but I have no information concerning these issues.

National Defence committee  You had 150.... We have our 100 years of independence celebration. Of course, the opposition is complaining, and even people in positions like me are sometimes complaining about spending so much money, but not so much on sports as on cultural activities.

National Defence committee  It is. Really, I'm also not living in the clouds. I have the opportunity to talk to people on the street. I don't play ice hockey; I play soccer. I play three times a week, and there are guys from different professions. There are construction workers, teachers, people who own bi

National Defence committee  We know well the situation in Latvia. Right now, there are 1,200 military personnel involved in Latvia, seven nations that will—

National Defence committee  Yes. There will be nine. The Czechs and Slovaks are coming.

National Defence committee  Maybe politicians in those countries have better answers, but at least in my discussions with our military personnel responsible for this mission—what they have told me and what I have seen myself—for many of these countries one of the decisive moments is when Canada took a leadi

National Defence committee  No.

National Defence committee  To be more precise, I'm not saying that because NATO is there that we are more prone to attack from Russia. I am saying that cyber-attacks are more possible in today's world, and Russia easily uses this because nothing keeps them from doing that. We just talked.... We have electi

National Defence committee  No, we wouldn't like to tell anybody to attack Russia in any way. That's not our aim. Our aim is to be a safe, democratic, and prosperous country. To achieve that goal, you don't have to occupy another country or take part of their territory, no, not at all. We have suffered fro

National Defence committee  It's very positive, I have to say. Even before Canada became a framework nation, there's one thing that you really know about. We all share a passion for ice hockey. We, as a small nation, have really good results. We've stayed in the highest league all the years now, as a smal

National Defence committee  We don't have one here.

National Defence committee  They can send only me here. I'm not studying very much abroad. What I like to do—and I try to engage the whole committee—is to go and visit our troops outside. We go to training grounds. We see training. We talk to the people. When new equipment is bought, we go out and talk to

National Defence committee  I know how it shoots, how it works, everything. You're trained to do certain things and then you see how this weapon works. This helps. Instead of just sitting behind the table, there's a general or army commander, and you ask them, “How are the new weapons”? “Oh, they're fine.

National Defence committee  I tried to do this, otherwise.... We are going in April to Adaži base for half a day and hopefully we'll spend time with your troops as well. I have visited Polish troops there, but this time we have intend to talk more to the framework nations.