Public Safety committee  As I was saying, it's hard to prepare for a nuclear attack because there are huge consequences. I believe that we must continue to build our national resilience to respond to the various types of disasters. At the same time, we must continue to work closely with our American co

Public Safety committee  That's an excellent observation. I must say, however, that while Russia has deployed most of its land forces, it still has many other forces. You're right, we mustn't forget the air force, the naval force and the strategic force. So, the threat is still there.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for the question. I'll say a few things and then give Vice-Admiral Auchterlonie, who monitors this on a daily basis, the chance to make a few comments. I will say that the will to win that we see within the Ukrainian forces is probably the key dete

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much for the question. Exact comparisons are difficult between the two threats, cyber-attacks and nuclear attacks, but both pose a threat to our country and we must be prepared to respond. I'd like to turn the floor over to Major General Wright of Canadian Forces

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the question. It's always difficult to prepare for a nuclear attack. We need to keep working with our colleagues at North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, so that they can send us a warning in the event of an attack. Actually, it's hard to prepare for

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, it's not my position to talk about the specifics of our defence spending and any arbitrary target. I will tell you that the military we have today is not the military that we need for the threats that are appearing in the future. We need to continue to look at and ass

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, “any eventuality” is a pretty broad characterization of the security environment. We have to deal in probabilities, because the imagination could run wild.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, as I say, we need to rebuild our readiness so that we can respond with a sufficient number of forces at the speed required. That is what we are focused on right now, those four elements of readiness that I talked about.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, this is something we watch closely as well. We have to be concerned about the possibility of escalation. That being said, we cannot allow nuclear coercion to stop us from doing the right thing. Others are watching, and it will become a model for the future. In terms o

Public Safety committee  I'll first turn to General Wright again to address that one.

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, I think that the comments the member attributes to me are reflected in my opening statement as well about the urgency of the security situation that we are currently facing. I am concerned that as the threats to the world security situation increase and as the threats

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, this is a challenge that not only every western military is facing, but we're facing it here at home as well with labour challenges and real challenges in the workforce. That's reflected in our own numbers. I am very worried about our numbers. That's why we're putting

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to discuss our geopolitical security environment, specifically the threat Russia poses to Canada. I am happy to be here with Vice-Admiral Auchterlonie, who is the operational commander of our international and domestic operations, as wel

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not sure I have a good response to that other than to say that I wasn't here for that testimony that was given.

Afghanistan committee  Mr. Chair, that's another great question, and it speaks to the intelligence that we talked about before, about its becoming increasingly apparent that the Afghan government would not be able to hold on, but we were not sure about the timing. We can look at historical analogies,