National Defence committee  Madam Chair, our efforts abroad are really used to support the Canadian Armed Forces members deployed overseas. We want to ensure to support vaccine-related operations.

National Defence committee  I'll be very honest. I don't have any detailed knowledge of that. I think the best way to go about that would be to take that on notice, Madam Chair.

National Defence committee  As I've mentioned, we've commenced our COVID immunization campaign in order to reduce the threat to our members and maintain our operational effectiveness on our operations. Planning is ongoing for the vaccination of CAF members deployed outside of Canada. This planning is being

National Defence committee  I would say that like all of our joint task forces, joint task force north is an integral part of CJOC's structure. We're in touch with them very regularly and work with them very closely to ensure their needs are met. We have great lines of communication, not only with them, but

National Defence committee  Again, I'll re-emphasize a number of my points about the importance of the health and welfare of our personnel, not only in terms of following public health measures and the advice from our surgeon general. Our command surgeon dives deep into each operation to understand the spec

National Defence committee  I guess that would be unlikely, given our robust screening that happens before anybody deploys. There is a robust screening mechanism that occurs before anybody deploys to an operation to ensure that all of those things I just talked about are factored into ensuring the member is

National Defence committee  I would just add a couple of things. First of all, since the very beginning of the pandemic, the health and welfare of our people, of the defence team, has been a crucial part. At the very beginning of this, we made sure that those who identified that they had any vulnerabilities

National Defence committee  I just want to clarify that before I said I wasn't sure but that, yes, the majority of new CAF cases continue to be due to community recreational exposure or close contact with family members. Obviously when that has happened, CAF members have been observing appropriate public h

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Robillard. The relationship between the Public Health Agency and the Canadian Armed Forces is a very close relationship as I think, hopefully, you've heard from Major-General Fortin and me. We're closely coordinating and supporting the Public Hea

National Defence committee  I'll begin by acknowledging that many people are suffering with COVID, especially in long-term care facilities, and by thanking the speaker for the comments on the Canadian Armed Forces contribution to long-term care facilities during wave one. In response to your question on th

National Defence committee  Thank you for the good wishes, which I will pass on to the members of the Canadian Armed Forces. In response to the question, obviously, the health, welfare and security of our members are very important. We follow PHMs, and we definitely take advice from the Surgeon General and

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss the role that the Canadian Armed Forces is playing in the whole-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I am Major-General Mark Misener, chief of staff to the commander of the Canadian Joint Operation