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A. whereas the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 August 2010;

B. whereas during several days of carnage after the fall of Srebrenica, more than 8 000 Muslim men and boys, who had sought refuge in this area under the protection of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR), were summarily executed by Bosnian Serb forces commanded by General Mladić and by paramilitary units, including Serbian irregular police units which had entered Bosnian territory from Serbia and also so-called volunteers from EU Member States; whereas ...[+++] nearly 30 000 women, children and elderly people were forcibly expelled in a massive-scale ethnic cleansing campaign, making this event the biggest war crime to take place in Europe since the end of the Second World War;

Question No. 108 Mr. Peter Stoffer: What costs has the government incurred for the strategic sea and airlift involved in deploying Canadian Forces personnel and equipment to operations in Kosovo, including the air campaign, to United Nations operations in East Timor, and to Operation APOLLO and other activities in Afghanistan, specifically: (a) what were the sealift charter costs for all three operations; (b) what were the costs incurred in rental of airlift resources for the three operations; (c) what were the costs for the interception and return of equipment caused by the MV Katie’s refusal to return to Canada until payments were re ...[+++]ceived; (d) how much money was spent acquiring precision-guided munitions from Australia for the Kosovo bombing campaign in terms of transportation and what will the return costs be once the weapons are replaced; (e) how much money was spent on strategic air-to-air refuelling to deploy the CF-18 fleet to Aviano, Italy, and to return it to Canada; and (f) how do the costs of leasing or purchasing C-17 or C-130J aircraft compare to the costs of maintaining the CC-130 fleet and of renting United States Air Force, Ukrainian air force and other airlift resources?

Of course, we had a very intimate relationship with United States Air Force Space Command when Space Command and NORAD were side by side and together.

Now that the United States has realised that it will require far more money and forces to maintain the occupation of Iraq than there is the grass-roots and political will to provide, the possibility is in fact emerging of a multinational force, which the United States wishes to command.

As the Commander of NORAD, General Renuart from the United States Air Force is in a unique position, responsible to the leadership of the two countries, Canada and the U.S., for the execution of the NORAD missions.