QUESTION PERIOD — Global Affairs
North American Aerospace Defense Command
October 1, 2024
Senator Gold, in April of this year, the Ukrainian ambassador was speaking at a conference here in Ottawa. She reminded the audience that, like Ukraine, Canada shares a border with Russia. Canada’s commitment to the eastern flank of NATO is steadfast, but what about our commitment to invest in the northern flank, or the Arctic front, the one that is literally in our backyard?
Thank you for this and also for underlining the threat to our northern borders and oceans, amongst others, posed by increasing Russian aspirations. Canada is working closely and has made investments and upped its game with the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, and others and will continue to defend Canada’s Arctic interests and, indeed, our sovereignty in all respects.
