National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for that question. It's hard to speculate right now on what an entity such as that would require in terms of training or coordination. Certainly, if it were to be something that would be set up in the future, that is something we'd have to look at to see wha

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to comment. As was mentioned several times during this hearing, the number of times the CAF has been requested to assist, either domestically or internationally, has continued to increase, and it certainly won't be going down in the futu

National Defence committee  The CAF always works under the authority of civilian organizations in order to meet their needs. In terms of the guidance provided at a higher level, whether it comes from the provincial or federal government, the local level does a very good job coordinating and people really wa

National Defence committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I will provide a short answer. As far as I'm aware, there has been no study. I would emphasize the great work done by the whole team protecting Canadians. Being in the reserves is a voluntary decision, and they work in a voluntary capacity that allows them to r

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for that question. It's an important question. Of course, as has been mentioned here at this committee, the amount of domestic response that the Canadian Armed Forces has been responding to has only been increasing. The world, of course, is becoming a more

National Defence committee  I'm not quite sure.... For my clarity, are we talking about Fiona for the past four or five days?

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for that clarification. We continue to manage the same process that we have used for the past few years as we've navigated through the COVID pandemic and other domestic emergencies. We have procedures in place to ensure that we are able to deliver the requir

National Defence committee  Thank you for the question. From an internal force generation of troops and personnel ready to respond, as we gain a better understanding through that interaction between the local, provincial and territorial authorities and the Canadian Armed Forces, it allows us to prepare add

National Defence committee  Certainly, I don't wish to speculate on the extent to which those exercises can occur, but in the past, there have been different military exercises where a specific unit.... In this case, what is being referred to is specific to engineers, as many of these activities are. We spe

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, thanks for that question. It certainly is an interesting question. As far as I'm aware, no study is being done right now to look into those possibilities. I wouldn't want to speculate on the type of personnel or the pool that would be drawn from for each. Perhaps so

National Defence committee  Thank you for that question. I wouldn't want to necessarily speculate without having a firm understanding of what this corps of engineers would be mandated to do. It's difficult to describe what their task would be in relation to Canadian Armed Forces engineering tasks. Underst

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, it's an interesting question. We're examining the reserve force right now. They are currently training on generally the same tasks that we are asking of the regular force, to allow us to integrate and to be able to respond either domestically or internationally withou

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I would add that—

National Defence committee  Thank you. Of course, in line with General Prévost, I won't speculate. However, I can tell you that although the Canadian Armed Forces, of course, should be used as a force of last resort, will always prepare ourselves to be ready to respond to our number one priority, which is

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I thank the member for his question. I would add the following: even though we all know that the Canadian Armed Forces are short 10,000 people, we have put procedures in place to ensure that we have forces ready and able to respond to Canadians’ needs at home, but als