National Defence committee  That is my understanding.

National Defence committee  It's GD-OTS. Yes.

National Defence committee  You've identified an issue that I am extremely concerned about, because it underpins our own lack of readiness in this area. We need more of a sense of urgency in this area, but with increasing industrial capacity, we need the contracts that go along with that to be able to produ

National Defence committee  Yes, and I'll add that those are the M107 variants. What we need are the M795 variants, which we do not yet have the production capability for in Canada.

National Defence committee  I can geek out on the details with you if you want, but....

National Defence committee  The M107 variant is a shorter distance, so the range is shorter. The kill radius is less and the accuracy is less. The M795 variant, which we consider the operational round and which we prefer to use in operations, has about a five-kilometre longer range, it's more precise and it

National Defence committee  It's 30,000 this fiscal year.

National Defence committee  It's 131.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, this unfolded exactly the way we trained for it. We train often for cross-border use of each other's assets, so, as this incident unfolded, I was in close communication with the commander at NORAD. I talked to the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. We briefed

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, many, at the beginning of this second round of the invasion of Ukraine, said the era of the tank was over. I think it's instructive to see arguably the most successful and most experienced army in conventional war in the 21st century asking for tanks. The era of the ta

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll say a few words and then turn it over to the deputy minister for the real answer. I remember that conversation well. It was with Admiral Rob Bauer, the chair of the military committee for NATO. The importance of this speaks to the changes we see in the security

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I had the opportunity to visit that ammunition plant, and also the one in Valleyfield, back in the fall. That plant produces the M107 variant, which has a shorter range than what we would like them to produce, which is the M795 variant. Work is ongoing for that.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I wish I could give every member of the armed forces more than a 10% salary increase, but that's not the current policy.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, just for clarification.... Are you asking how our training of Ukrainian armed forces is proceeding?

National Defence committee  The training we provide to the Ukrainian armed forces is highly valued. I believe I spoke to this committee after my trip to Ukraine two months ago. The commander of our joint operations command came back from meeting counterparts in Ukraine a week and a half ago, and we had the