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House Hansard - 60

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 28, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 60 - Apr/28/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Apr/28/22 6:35:04 p.m.
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I am sorry, but I actually gave a little more time for flexibility. The hon. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence.
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Context: House Hansard - 60 - Apr/28/22
Mrs. Cheryl Gallant
  • Apr/28/22 6:38:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, NATO’s combined joint CBRN defence task force consists of the CBRN defence battalion and the CBRN joint assessment team. The task force was activated for the very first time in a deterrence and defence capacity in March 2022 in response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and its dangerous rhetoric around nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. When facing a new threat, be it chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear, there is a call for safety: Protect our men and women at the highest level using all precautions. Scale the protection up. Despite repeated warnings from our allies, as recently as last month, the threat to our soldiers is being downplayed or ignored. The threat of an escalation in hostilities to use these weapons is very real. Canada needs to be procuring, maintaining, enhancing and developing effective soldier protection systems now.
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Context: House Hansard - 60 - Apr/28/22
Mr. Bryan May
  • Apr/28/22 6:39:55 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, while COVID-19 has impacted some CAF training and recruitment efforts, we have never wavered in in our commitment to operational readiness. We know we must redouble our efforts to ensure that we have a sufficient number of CAF members available for domestic and international missions and that they have the tools and training they need to excel no matter where the task. To address these issues, the chief of the defence staff has launched a forces-wide reconstitution program that is complementary to our efforts to deliver on the promises we put forward in Canada's defence policy. As we conduct a review of this policy to account for the changing global security environment, we will keep working together to build a Canadian Armed Forces that is ready to tackle our biggest threats today and into the future.
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