National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I think the number is about the same. As I've said before, the truth changes over time, but I think the number of people is almost the same.

National Defence committee  We continue to work with our federal government partners on the situation in Haiti and with our allies to find a solution and support the efforts of other agencies. However, it's very difficult to have a response force. We need to find a long-term solution for this country that

National Defence committee  I think the force you refer to is the quick-reaction force. I think it's important to note that a quick-reaction force.... If you want put 200 troops on the ground, you have to have everything that goes with that to ensure that the force is set up for success, whether it's for in

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, the demand is going up. We've seen a doubling every five years, over the last decade and a half, in requests for assistance in responding to natural disasters. The frequency and intensity of natural disasters, I think you'll all agree, are on the increase. What is miss

National Defence committee  That's an excellent question, Mr. Chair. Deployments of this nature add stress to the individuals' personal and operational tempo. They spend more time in the field, and less time with their families. This factor increases the stress level for families, given the constant deploy

National Defence committee  For example, the battalion currently stationed in Cyprus and ready to evacuate our citizens from Lebanon was deployed this summer in Quebec to fight fires.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, when I was the army commander in 2020, I implemented something called the Canadian Ranger enhancement program, and that work continues. It looks at exactly those types of issues: compensation and benefits for personally owned equipment, reimbursements, etc. That has be

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, each reservist's situation is different. In Europe, for example, we'll be using more reservists for our mission in Latvia. However, in general, it's difficult to have a large cohesive group of reservists ready for operations. What we're finding with our reserve deplo

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, we continue to look at what else we can do. For example, after the long duration of fighting fires this summer, I asked the team to look at tax-free status, much the same as what we have for overseas deployments. Of course, there's a whole litany of reasons we can't d

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I can't answer that question yet, because we haven't seen what the results would be.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll take that one. Up until this point, many of the leaders and some of the functions have been double-hatted within the Canadian Armed Forces and indeed the department, because the cyber-enterprise within the Canadian Armed Forces is under our CIO. What we're going

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'll take this one, as well. JADC2—joint all-domain command and control, or what we're calling, in the Canadian Armed Forces, “pan-domain command and control”—reflects the changing character of war, where the newer domains of space and cyber need to be better integrat

National Defence committee  Not everything in terms of military concepts that we are working on is in the DPU. However, I will say that the reference to digital transformation is absolutely there. When I take a look at the various capabilities and modernization efforts we need, digital modernization is ri

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I will take this one first before turning it over to the deputy minister. I agree. Housing is a challenge right across the board, not just in Petawawa. In Ontario, we have to look at our other bases as well. Trenton is another one. We need to take a look at different