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Q-600
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Thursday, November 20, 2025 |
With regard to the statement on page 210 of budget 2025, "Implementing a Fleet Divestment Strategy: [...] The Department of National Defence will divest fleets reaching end of service life, saving costly repairs and sustainment costs. Divestment will be coordinated with investments in modernized replacement capabilities": (a) which fleets will be subject to divestment, broken down by platform; (b) what is the timeline for each platform divestment; (c) what is the number of units in each fleet subject to divestment, broken down by platform; and (d) what is the breakdown of the expected $1.1 billion in cost savings by fleet and platform type? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-414
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Monday, October 6, 2025 |
With regard to the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces: (a) how many
fighter force pilot students were there each year from 2020 to 2025; (b) how many fighter pilots
departed from the Canadian Armed Forces each year from 2020 to 2025; (c) how many fighter
pilots will be needed to fulfill future defence obligations once Canada has a fleet of 88 fighter jets;
and (d) how many trained fighter pilots are currently in the Canadian Armed Forces? |
Answered |
Friday, November 21, 2025 |
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Q-413
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Monday, October 6, 2025 |
With regard to the Canadian Armed Forces and its deployment leading the NATO Multinational
Brigade-Latvia: (a) how many land vehicles, tracked and untracked, broken down by type, are (i)
available, (ii) not available, (iii) awaiting spare parts; (b) how many Howitzers are (i) available, (ii)
unavailable, (iii) awaiting spare parts; (c) how many small arms, broken down by type, are (i)
available, (ii) unavailable, (iii) awaiting spare parts; (d) how many 155 mm rounds are (i) available, (ii)
required; (e) how much small arms ammunition, broken down by type, is (i) available, (ii) required;
and (f) what equipment, broken down by category, type, and quantity, does the Canadian Armed Forces
borrow from other North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally countries? |
Answered |
Friday, November 21, 2025 |
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Q-412
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Monday, October 6, 2025 |
With regard to the Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces and the North
Warning System's 13 long-range sites and 36 short-range sites, broken down by site: (a) which
sites are fully operational; (b) which radar towers and radomes are fully functional; and (c) what is
the budget allocated to maintain operation of each site until the Over the Horizon Radar comes
online? |
Answered |
Friday, November 21, 2025 |
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Q-359
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025 |
With regard to the Department of National Defence and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization definition of defence
expenditures as "payments made by a national government specifically to meet the needs of its
armed forces or those of its allies": for each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years, what are
the expenditures from eligible Other Government Departments included in Canada's
defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) type or category of expenditure,
(iii) dollar value? |
Answered |
Monday, November 17, 2025 |
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Q-199
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Monday, June 16, 2025 |
With regard to the Prime Minister's announcement on June 9, 2025, that the government intends to expand "the reach, security mandate, and abilities of the Canadian Coast Guard" and the statement appearing in the National Post from the Prime Minister's Office spokesperson Emily Williams which stated that "the Prime Minister will soon initiate the process of moving the Canadian Coast Guard to the leadership of the Minister of National Defence": (a) when was the decision made to move the Canadian Coast Guard under the auspices of the Minister of National Defence; (b) was the Chief of the Defence Staff consulted on this decision, and, if so, when; (c) what is the total planned budget for the Canadian Coast Guard in the fiscal year 2025-26; (d) how much of the Canadian Coast Guard's total budget in the fiscal year 2025-26 will be considered as defence spending for the purposes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 2% of gross domestic product spending target; (e) is the government planning to arm current Canadian Coast Guard vessels; (f) if the answer to (e) is affirmative, what (i) armaments will be installed, (ii) additional training, if any, will be provided to Coast Guard personnel, (iii) is the planned budget for each; (g) aside from current projects to build new Coast Guard vessels as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, does the government intend to procure new vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard; and (h) if the answer to (g) is affirmative, what are the details, including the (i) type of vessel, (ii) planned budget, (iii) date of delivery, (iv) shipyard where they will be built? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-198
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Monday, June 16, 2025 |
With regard to national defence for the fiscal year 2025-26 and the Prime Minister's announcement on June 9, 2025, that stated that "This plan includes a cash increase of over $9 billion ($8.3 billion on an accrual basis) in defence investment this fiscal year (2025-26), bringing Canada's defence spending to 2% of gross domestic product": (a) how much total government spending is required to be defined as defence spending in order to reach 2% of gross domestic product; (b) what is the total planned budget for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces; (c) what are the expenditures from other eligible government departments included in Canada's defence spending calculations, broken down by (i) department, (ii) type or category of expenditure, (iii) dollar value; (d) for the "new aircraft, armed vehicles, and ammunition" referenced in the Prime Minister's statement, what are the details, including the (i) type of new aircraft that will be acquired, (ii) budget for these aircrafts, (iii) type of new armed vehicles that will be acquired, (iv) budget for these armed vehicles; (e) is the budget for the new aircrafts and armed vehicles listed in (d) accounted for in the "cash increase of $9 billion", as referenced in the Department of National Defence backgrounder; (f) how much of the "cash increase of $9 billion" is accounted for in the Supplementary Estimates (A) tabled on June 9, 2025; and (g) what is the gross domestic product number used to calculate the Prime Minister's announcement regarding 2% defence spending? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-197
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Monday, June 16, 2025 |
With regard to the Royal Canadian Air Force: (a) how many filled fighter pilot positions were there in each year from 2020 to 2025; (b) how many fighter pilot positions in total were available to fill in each year from 2020 to 2025; (c) how many combat ready CF-18 flying positions were available to fill in each year from 2020 to 2025; (d) how many flying positions were available that were not combat ready (i.e. Squadron 410 Operational Training Unit, Squadron 419, wings, Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, etc.) in each year from 2020 to 2025; (e) how many combat ready flying positions were available on each operational squadron and wing in each year from 2020 to 2025; (f) how many fighter pilot positions were available to fill each year from 2015 to 2025; (g) how many combat ready fighter pilots were released each year from 2020 to 2025; (h) how many fighter pilots in total were released annually from 2020 to 2025; (i) what are the estimated projections for 2025 to 2034 for (i) filled fighter pilot positions, (ii) fighter pilot positions, (iii) combat ready CF-18 and CF-35A flying positions, (iv) flying positions that are not combat ready, (v) combat ready flying positions available on each operational squadron and wing; (j) what is the estimated production rate of combat ready fighter pilots for each year from 2025 to 2034; (k) what is the estimated attrition rate for fighter pilots for each year from 2025 to 2034; (l) how many fighter pilot positions and personnel in the Royal Canadian Air Force are pre-Fighter Pilot Course students; (m) what is the Trained Effective Strength or operational functional point for fighter pilots; (n) what is the combat ready point for fighter pilots; (o) where and when does the combat ready point for fighter pilots take place; (p) what is the minimum, maximum, and mean time, in months, between recruitment and combat ready status for fighter pilots; (q) how many fighter pilots are greater than TIP 2 in CF-18 flying positions; (r) how many fighter pilots are two-ship leads in the CF-18 flying positions; (s) how many fighter pilots are four-ship leads in the CF-18 flying positions; (t) as of June 16, 2025, how many fighter pilots are (i) combat ready, (ii) non-combat ready, (iii) wingman, (iv) fighter electronic warfare instructors, (v) fighter weapons instructors; (u) are fighter pilot students (e.g. At Squadrons 410 and 419) included in fighter pilot positions Preferred Manning Level or Trained Effective Strength; and (v) how many fighter pilots are combat ready on the CF-35A? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
