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National Defence committee  For the current year, when we did that report in June 2022, we estimated the gap would be $15.5 billion in 2023-24. If anything, that gap has widened since that time, because of the GDP and the way the spending has evolved at National Defence.

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  Yes, I can. We used data that was provided to us free of charge by the Department of National Defence. We also needed to have somebody help us, so it involved, probably, three months of somebody working full time. We also had to contract for a value of, I would say, probably, off

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  It's probably a matter of getting updated datasets from the Department of National Defence and refining the model, depending on any changes or any hiccups that we or somebody else finds in the model. We've already had discussions with the Department of National Defence. They had

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  We can certainly do that. We can look at the assumptions. In fact, we do so often, particularly in our economic and budgetary forecasts. We also do this for our long-term forecasts of government financial viability. When we publish reports, we often, where appropriate, present al

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  First of all, there are two different things. Expenditures incurred by Public Services and Procurement Canada would probably not be included in the model. However, expenditures incurred by the Department of National Defence for the procurement process would certainly fall into th

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  It's clear that the capacity or incapacity to recruit and retain military personnel affects the capacity of DND or the Canadian Armed Forces to deliver on its mandate. It's not affecting the ratio and the tools that we are providing here, but I think this tool can give an example

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  That's a good question, and it allows me to explain the capacities of the model but also its limitations. This model is based on the most recent six years of available data, and in that sense I think it reflects pretty well the state of the world as we know it and as we knew it

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  Yes, it's obviously something that military personnel.... If they have to bear additional costs, it will have a negative impact on the capacity of the Canadian Forces to recruit, but also to retain their military personnel. That's probably a very different issue than just the too

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  That's a question that I'm glad to have. I'm also glad to be able to say that I think we have the resources that we need to fulfill our mandate. Of course, if somebody were willing to double my salary—

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  —and expand my office, I would not say “no”.

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  In our tool, we are basing it on six years of historical data. The lapsing wouldn't appear or would not affect the numbers that are in our report or the simulations that one can do using the online tool. It would, however, affect Canada's capacity to meet the 2% target under the

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  The fighter jet would be direct. The refuelling in flight would be indirect because that's helping the fighter stay in the air and complete its mission. The hangar could be direct if it's used to house the fighter jets. It could be indirect. I don't have that level of detail, but

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  Examples of overhead could be our contribution to NATO—a financial contribution or an in-kind contribution to NATO. It could also be research and development that's done at DND, the Department of National Defence. It's also parliamentary affairs or the civilians who are working a

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux

National Defence committee  That's a good point, and that speaks to the exclusion of major capital expenditures in the report, because major capital expenditures—such as housing but also frigates or fighter jets—are expenditures that are for decades. It would be quite difficult to include an accurate cost o

October 26th, 2023Committee meeting

Yves Giroux