National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'm aware of the media reports, certainly. As for the implications, I'm afraid it's something I would have to defer to the Department of National Defence.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I don't think there are near-term threats or challenges from adversaries to our sovereignty in the north, but that day is coming. That's why I think there's agreement across government and certainly between Global Affairs and the Department of National Defence that inv

National Defence committee  I'll defer to my colleague, Heidi Kutz, on the question of the Arctic Council and documentation. I should say that from Canada's perspective the impending accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO is wonderful news. It gives us a better 360° awareness of the threat in the Europea

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, it's an old axiom of international relations that sovereignty must be exercised and demonstrated to be retained. I would say, as I said in my opening comments, that it is something our military, various levels of government and people of the Arctic do every single day.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Chair. It's a pleasure to be here again. I welcome the opportunity to join you all today to discuss the evolving security environment in the Arctic, Canada's Arctic sovereignty and our Arctic foreign policy. First of all, Canada's Arctic sovereignty is of long stand

Foreign Affairs committee  I agree wholeheartedly that arguably there's never been a time in our history when movement towards nuclear disarmament was more important. Unfortunately, because of COVID, the NPT review conference has had to be postponed several times. It is now set for August. Canada will be a

Foreign Affairs committee  On those specific exercises, I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for you. I don't know what our plans might be. I'd have to defer to National Defence on that. I know we take an active part in NATO exercises, including deployment for the exercise we've just done in Norway. Also

Foreign Affairs committee  That's correct. Yes.

National Defence committee  I don't have any further information.

National Defence committee  Yes, it was simply to say that we don't know whether there is Russian intent to hit those convoys or if hitting them is the result of what they would term “collateral damage”.

National Defence committee  Actually, I don't. That would be my response as well. Thank you.

National Defence committee  My understanding is that it's because of the independent nature of the CRTC. They have looked at this issue before. I'm not privy to exactly through what mechanisms or how, but what I do know is that in the current context, the government itself has requested that the CRTC look i

National Defence committee  Certainly. Already NATO has a very strong relationship with both Sweden and Finland even though they're not allies. There's a close relationship, and one would argue that it's gotten closer in the current context, but although there is talk out there in the ether of Sweden and F

National Defence committee  I would say that everything we're trying to do nationally and as part of an alliance is to forestall the worsening of the military situation on the ground for the Ukrainians. All of our sanctions, the lethal aid to the Ukrainian armed forces, the non-lethal aid, the humanitarian

National Defence committee  I can jump in here. Specifically in Canada, we're taking steps to counter Russia's disinformation campaign. As part of that, the government had asked the CRTC to review the presence of the news channel Russia Today on Canadian airwaves. We understand the CRTC as an independent bo