National Defence committee  More training is better.

National Defence committee  I have not adapted the program in Kingston specifically, because we're training individuals—

National Defence committee  Yes, sir. Those are command and control issues.

National Defence committee  I do the doctrine. With the establishment of the joint operations command, we've centralized. We've maintained a much more consistent and serious oversight for every single Canadian deployed overseas. The stories General Dallaire might relate about his inability to contact United

National Defence committee  Yes, sir, I would say we have some of the best soldiers, sailors, airmen and airwomen in the world. Their core training is what makes them exceptional by comparison to others they see out in the world. The four members I mentioned, who I wish I could have brought here, were train

National Defence committee  Ma'am, I would say they would be for working in a city, in a village, in a situation in a patriarchal society if they had to deal with female members of the population who would not necessarily have a level of trust or empathy with a male soldier. Some of our female soldiers who

National Defence committee  In the context of a peace support mission, I don't believe so. I believe that's covered in the generic training we give all of our soldiers in the reinforcement of their ethical training and responsibilities.

National Defence committee  My experience in Haiti showed me that I had a few preconceived notions about how reliable some of our less developed militaries might be, and they blew me away with their level of professionalism, with their co-operation, and their willingness to go there. I think we have to go

National Defence committee  I think that might be my bias coming out. I'm the army's trainer. I would love my budget to be tripled and do more training. You can never do enough training. Right now, the United Nations relies heavily on a number of countries to provide trained staff officers and people who ca

National Defence committee  They didn't come through the centre, ma'am, but they all came through Wainwright, where we put them through a simulation exercise to test them and augment whatever skills they needed.

National Defence committee  They have not received anything specific that I'm aware of for this mission. They have received, non-stop over the past four years, reinforcement of what appropriate behaviour is and isn't, how they report it and how they move forward. I'm very proud to say that there have not be

National Defence committee  Yes, ma'am. That is a military person from Colonel Allain's organization.

National Defence committee  Can you think of any stats, Jacques?

National Defence committee  I can't see us quantifying, sir. I can tell you from personal experience that when I deployed to Haiti in 2012 for a year, after having spent three years in staff positions, they gave me a complete refresher on the tactical aspects that I needed to do and a cultural indoctrinat

National Defence committee  Honestly, sir, for us the measure of success is when we interview soldiers at the end of a mission and they tell us whether they were sufficiently trained to go or if there is additional training they require or that their successors require. It's a pretty simple metric for us, b