National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I can't comment on the Royal Canadian Air Force's generation of fighter aircraft and capabilities in Canada; I can talk about the NATO perspective. I would say that Canada has been a regular contributor of fighter aircraft in support of NATO's air policing missions. A

National Defence committee  Again, Chair, I am talking specifically about what we see in NATO and what Canada delivers to it in terms of capability, and we do extremely well. I think one of our major strengths as a nation is the contribution we make to the alliance. The ambassador highlighted that in his op

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I should have mentioned the navy, being as that's my service.

National Defence committee  Yes. We are a very consistent contributor of naval forces to NATO's standing naval forces. In fact, we are one of the few countries that consistently contribute warships to those standing naval forces. I think that also is something that gets us a lot of credit here within the NA

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, that's another really good question. What we really need to keep in mind is the situations in Libya and Ukraine are two completely different situations militarily. The big issue with a no-fly zone is that you need to be able to enforce it. You need to be able to preve

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I would say that it's extremely difficult to investigate these kinds of activities without people on the ground. That is a significant limiting factor. I think we are all seized with what we're seeing and hearing and with some of the allegations about these potential

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, within the alliance, we're following the developments in Ukraine as closely as we can, based on the intelligence we're getting from nations. We're, again, all very concerned to hear about further escalation in Russian tactics and their approach to this conflict. We wo

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, what I could say on that subject is that NATO is very carefully watching all aspects of Russia's military forces. NATO has a 360° view of threats facing the alliance. We are not focused solely on what is going on in Ukraine. Again, we're relying on all of our allies to

National Defence committee  This is something that we are actively monitoring in NATO. I would say that we are getting extremely good support from across the different nations in the alliance, which provide the alliance with all of our intelligence. We are particularly proud of the contributions of Canadian

National Defence committee  I would like to add that NATO is an alliance of nations. Generally, NATO relies on individual nations to bring capabilities, including cyber capabilities, to support NATO. In a lot of these instances, dealing with these cyber-attacks is done on a national level by individual nati

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I can offer some words on this. Just from a NATO perspective, there are many nations that are offering military aid to Ukraine. The kinds of aid that are being offered in some cases are quite significant, and some countries are offering weapons and systems to deal wit

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I think it's an excellent question. I would just highlight that NATO is in the midst of updating it's strategic concept. This is something that the leaders will decide on at the Madrid summit in June. I think what we're seeing, regardless of how things play out in Uk

National Defence committee  I will defer to you.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I would add that throughout the lead-up to this crisis, the consistent message from the Secretary General that all nations have adhered to is the importance of NATO unity. I would say that in the face of this blatant unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia, I don't th

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I think the ambassador has said it well. I have nothing to add to that.