National Defence committee  If I can, I'll make two points on this. Firstly, we're very happy to see the policy with the regional focus on the Arctic, as are our allies. This has been a regional vulnerability, especially for our U.S. allies. Speaking to the chair of the military committee of NATO last week

National Defence committee  Thank you for your question. In fact, we already have a rapid reaction force. For example, last fall, after the attack in Israel, we deployed a rapid reaction force to the Middle East to evacuate noncombatants if needed. We now have a team in Haiti to support the embassy, which

National Defence committee  In fact, in October and November, we deployed an additional 500 members of the Canadian Armed Forces to the Middle East to prepare for an evacuation, if necessary.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I have been stuck in Cambridge Bay as a snowstorm came in. That runway closed down, and I was stuck in a tent—that's another war story. However, what we're about to embark on as a result of this policy update is a northern-facing strategy. As we take a look at these n

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I just checked my notes, and I have an answer for you. There's a new non-taxable compensation and benefits instruction to compensate the Canadian Rangers for usage of personally owned equipment that was put in place on August 1 of last year. This provides for the comp

National Defence committee  Let me go back to the strategy for a second and to why this is so important. We need this in place so that we have a view on housing that will take us into the future as we bring in the units and the capabilities that we see articulated in this policy. If we go back in time to t

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have much to add other than we need the new 155 mm ammunition. The range is farther, it's more accurate and it has a larger kill radius than the M107 round. That's why we urgently need to get this into production.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, there is a lot in there. Firstly, on the policy document itself, you talked about war footing. The characterization of the security environment as it applies to Canada has geopolitical, technological and climate change in there. I'm happy with that. Likewise, the st

National Defence committee  Yes.