National Defence committee  I will talk about two things. On the one hand, as we've said before, the process to replace the fighter jets is under way, and we will have news about that in the coming weeks or months. At the same time, we have ongoing projects to continually upgrade the CF-18. We will be fl

National Defence committee  Unfortunately, I can't share that information with you at this time, but I will at a later date.

National Defence committee  Generally speaking, this cost relates to tactical airlift. It's on an as-demanded basis. It is a bit of “if and when requested”. That's the funding that has been set aside. There are support staff involved in that activity as well. It is really just a placeholder for tactical ai

National Defence committee  I think that when there's deployment in these types of activities, it is never just the Canadian Armed Forces. There are other players as well—Global Affairs, as already mentioned. Sometimes we involve colleagues from the RCMP and other departments as well. When and as required

National Defence committee  There is coordination to a certain extent, and this is more of a theoretical answer. If it's largely one department that's footing the bill, we would carry the can for other departments. If you're contemplating something where you would see other departments requiring resources

National Defence committee  I think, Mr. Chair, I'll go back to the initial answer, that we are still nailing down exact design requirements with our service providers. In terms of studies on speed, we'll know more as time passes on.

National Defence committee  I'm certainly not aware of anyone being fired. I will turn to my colleague, Troy, to see if he wishes to add anything in terms of U.S. eyes only and so on.

National Defence committee  I think on that question we've already said what we can today in terms of the fact that the government ran a competitive process. There are two bidders left in the running, and news will come in the following weeks in terms of what the next steps are.

National Defence committee  Polar icebreakers actually belong to the Coast Guard, so I'm not in a position to comment on when their construction might start.

National Defence committee  I'm going to likely turn to the vice chief in a moment on this one. As we've already touched on, there is ongoing work to look at modernizing NORAD continental defence, etc. The Arctic is obviously a big part of that. In terms of exact capability, it's too early to say what wil

National Defence committee  I will start and then turn to the vice. I'm not aware of any outstanding [Technical difficulty—Editor]. Obviously, any decision for the government to employ the CAF in a peacekeeping mission comes in concert with discussion with our colleagues at Global Affairs Canada. Africa i

National Defence committee  Like anything else, our job is to develop options. Obviously we're having ongoing discussions with allies, because they're also curious about what the government's plans are there. It will be done in collaboration with our allies, but I can't offer more in terms of views on what

National Defence committee  I think it's premature. What I would say is that with the initial design versus where we are now, it's certainly heavier. I wouldn't confirm the exact weight at this stage. There are some ongoing discussions. It's a really critical time for that project in terms of working with b

National Defence committee  I am aware that there's ongoing knowledge sharing between our service contractors, as well as with the U.K. industry. That's important because the U.K. launched the surface combatant equivalent ship before us, so learning from their expertise is a really important aspect in terms

National Defence committee  I would have to defer to the navy in terms of the actual requirements that they have identified and how the bid provided by the winning bidder meets those requirements. That might be something we have to get back to you on off-line.