Traduction de «chief defence institutional alignment » (Anglais → Français) :

4. Notes that, while military and civil military expertise is present at different levels within the various stakeholder institutions such as the Single Sky Committee, EUROCONTROL and the SESAR Joint Undertaking, there is still a need for coordinated and comprehensive analysis of the implications of SES/SESAR for the military; notes the need to include the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) in the process, as this will ensure that defence chiefs are adequately informed;

Question No. 13 Ms. Dawn Black: With regard to Canada's commitments in Afghanistan: (a) what is the estimated cost of Canada's continuing commitments; (b) what is the current command structure of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, particularly their relation to United States of America (USA) forces; (c) what is the total number of Canadian soldiers present in Afghanistan at the moment and how will this change over the next 12 months; (d) how will force levels change over the next decade; (e) how does the government see the mission in Afghanistan aligning with Canada's role in the world; (f) is the government aware of the conditions in ...[+++]USA-controlled and Afghanistan-controlled detention facilities in Afghanistan, and, if so, what has the government determined about the conditions; (g) has the government sought assurances from the USA regarding the treatment of prisoners who are handed over to USA or Afghan forces; (h) does the government believe that the Prisoner Transfer Arrangement signed on December 18, 2005 by the Chief of Defence Staff prevents the onward transfer of prisoners to countries other than Canada and Afghanistan; (i) have foreign forces ever surrounded Canadian encampments or bases with anti-personnel land mines; (j) are Canadian bases surrounded by any anti-personnel landmines that have been left from previous conflicts in Afghanistan; (k) how long does the government expect the Canadian military presence in Afghanistan to last; (l) does the government have any plans for further debate in the House of Commons regarding the deployment in Afghanistan; (m) does the government have any plans for a vote in the House regarding new deployments in Afghanistan; (n) are Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan part of the American Operation Enduring Freedom; (o) will Canadian Forces in Afghanistan come under North Atlantic Treaty Organization command, and, if so, when will this happen; (p) does the government believe that the current mission has a United N ...

To this aim, it convened in October 2003 a "Group of personalities in the field of Security Research" (GoP) co-chaired by European Commissioners Philippe Busquin and Erkki Liikanen which also included eight industry Chairmen and Chief Executives, four EP Members, four Directors of Research Institutes and two Ministry of Defence officials.

The Honourable Arthur Eggleton, Minister of National Defence; the Honourable Alphonso Gagliano, Minister of Public Works and Government Services; Lieutenant General George MacDonald, Vice Chief of Defence Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Smith, Maritime Helicopter Project Office; Colonel (Retired) Lee Myrhaugen, Coordinator of Friends of Maritime Aviation; Mr. Peter Smith, President, Aerospace Industry Association of Canada; a ...[+++]nd Brigadier General (Retired) Jim Hanson, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies.

Let me read a list of people and organizations that have raised serious questions about the capability of the Canadian Forces: the Conference of Defence Associations last week came out with an extremely valuable report explaining that they have some very serious concerns about the state of the armed forces; General Lewis MacKenzie; General Romeo Dallaire; Colonel Brian MacDonald, a noted defence analyst; the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies, which produced a study showing that the numbers in our forces could be as low as 43 ...[+++],000 in two and a half years if the current trend continues; the Royal Canadian Military Institute; General Jean Boyle, a former Chief of Defence Staff, who said in 1997 that if he was asked to engage the army in a high-intensity conflict he would have to say that he couldn't do it; professors Jack Granatstein, Desmond Morton, and David Bercuson, who pointed to serious problems in the forces; Colonel Doug Bland; and the Auditor General, who has repeatedly pointed to funding inadequacies in the department.

The Honourable Arthur Eggleton, Minister of National Defence; the Honourable Alphonso Gagliano, Minister of Public Works and Government Services; Lieutenant General George MacDonald, Vice Chief of Defence Staff; Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Smith, Maritime Helicopter Project Office; Colonel (Retired) Lee Myrhaugen, Coordinator of Friends of Maritime Aviation; Mr. Peter Smith, President, Aerospace Industry Association of Canada; a ...[+++]nd Brigadier General (Retired), Jim Hanson, Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies.