National Defence committee  I've used actually similar language myself, Mr. Chair. At one point, I think we were doing an RFA of some kind every other day or every three days for two years.

National Defence committee  I'm happy to help. Thank you.

National Defence committee  Absolutely, I think the short answer is yes. Infrastructure Canada has billions of dollars at its disposal, and there are programs specifically for adaptation and emergency preparedness as well. That's upfront mitigation on the need for help, whether it's dikes or reinforcing d

National Defence committee  Yes, it's a very interesting question. I mean, I'm not a psychologist, but I would say, as just a quick point of clarification, that the 200 RFAs are not just driven by social media. COVID was exceptional. Having said that, we know that the trends are bad in some areas, and COVI

National Defence committee  That's a great question. Hurricanes are only one of my worries. They are certainly a concern. The prediction was that this year was going to be more active than normal, and here we are. Floods and fires are equally affected by climate change. I think, as a country, we need to ha

National Defence committee  I would need to understand exactly what that order implies or what is directed. I'm not up to speed on what that announcement is. I'll have to revert back to my colleagues at CAF, but I think it's clear—and General Eyre has made it clear—that, internationally, events in the last

National Defence committee  I'll try to make this quick. The RFA process is very similar for the rangers and the regular force. The beauty of the rangers, obviously—and they have played a huge role in support of first nations—is that many of these folks are in the communities they serve. They are trusted

National Defence committee  I'll try. Again, with CAF being a force of last resort, we try not to...but in a life-and-limb situation, as I cited in Mathias Colomb or others, like Bearskin Lake in Ontario, the CAF will respond very quickly and they have assets they can do that with. In terms of their fire

National Defence committee  That's a good question. COVID was very interesting, but, as you said, it was kind of unique. Let's hope it's fading. There were a lot of supports for medical personnel, vaccination, etc., in that one. In terms of climate change, obviously that's fires and floods, and that's abou

National Defence committee  That's another great question. As I said earlier, this was really amplified during COVID. In the past, people have evolved.... The provinces have become stronger in many ways of responding, thereby needing less federal help, but at the same time, as my numbers and data point o

National Defence committee  That order he issued this morning...?

National Defence committee  Requests for assistance are sometimes dynamic things, and there can be a lot of back-and-forth in terms of what the need is on the ground.

National Defence committee  Those troops are deployed right now, and we are actually having meetings with our colleagues in Nova Scotia again today to assess what more they may need, where exactly and what capabilities they need deployed to help further. We're actually having that conversation around three

National Defence committee  In terms of CAF assistance or more broadly...?

National Defence committee  If you look at what's going on with Fiona for instance, you see that you have the CAF. You have the Coast Guard. You'll sometimes have Environment Canada. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans will be helping. Obviously, you'll have Natural Resources Canada in terms of impacts o