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Lib. (ON)
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2004-05-11 16:27
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just want to continue on where Mr. Wood stopped, going back to the original market value. I'm a little bit concerned when you start comparing the quality and the market value with that of the private sector.
When we advertise and lobby for young Canadians to join our forces, we expect them to do whatever is necessary. They are the first ones to go and defend our values, whether in Canada or abroad. At the same time, I personally believe the quality of living and the standard of living in the forces is much lower than in the private sector. So how can you say...?
Every time they receive a raise, they change the base value, and they raise the price of the rent. That's ridiculous. That's unacceptable. These are the Canadians we expect to go abroad to fight for this country, and we're treating them like that? We're comparing them...?
I think there are too many generals sitting there in Ottawa who have no clue about what's going on in different parts of the country. I'm talking about quality for those we should respect the most, because we are expecting from them the most.
What is your comment on that?
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-05-11 16:30
Mr. Chair, we hear from all members on both sides the concerns about the quality of living, the standard of living, of members of the national forces. I would strongly recommend that this committee in the future seriously pay a visit to some locations and see for themselves instead of just taking the recommendations and views from head office here in Ottawa.
I'm really concerned about the standard of living and about how we're going to keep our young soldiers in the forces instead of seeing them leave to join the private sector after so many years of aggravation. I was visited by one of the young men who left the forces for similar reasons. I'm afraid we're going to be facing that in the future. We're not paying them as they would be paid in the private sector, and yet we're charging them for rent as the private sector would be charged.
I don't think that's fair, and I don't think that's right.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-27 16:29
Thank you.
Ambassadors, I was just going through this publication. It's very interesting.
If we go back and refresh our memories, and I believe you will agree with me, we'll see the whole reform started in Gdansk or Danzig in Poland with Solidarnosc. Later on there was perestroika; perestroika spilled out over the former Warsaw Pact countries, and then it came to the former Yugoslavia.
You probably know that James Baker went to Milosevic and asked him to use whatever force was needed to hold Yugoslavia together, and he gave him 30 days. Milosevic said no thank you, I won't need 30 days; 15 days is enough; I'll use the armed forces.
The percentage of GDP allocated to the army in Yugoslavia was among the highest at that time, right? Fortunately, the army wasn't united. The army was controlled by we-know-who, right?
Now, after the whole destruction happened, I believe western forces were aware that even al-Qaeda was training in camps in Bosnia and sending their trained soldiers to Chechnya. Would you agree with that?
You mentioned there should be political will. Do you think that is enough, just political will, or are there different interests, like putting in barbed...and then selling arms underground for high prices and so on? How do you prevent situations like that?
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-27 16:35
I'm aware that there was a corruption that started in Russia with Yeltsin, and the western countries supported the changes in Russia at that time with billions of dollars. The bodyguard of Yeltsin, Abramovitch, apparently owns about $10 billion, and we know that Yeltsin's daughter put money in Swiss banks, and Abramovitch is buying now parts of London and what not.
Now, we can talk and preach about love and democracy, changes, but people are starving. We can implement and bring in all kinds of organizations and say, I'm going to tell you how you should behave, but we are not in their position. We are not in their shoes. The economy is disastrous. So if you can't feed your family, how can you accept some big words about democracy? Is it possible that instead of selling arms to them, we help them to build an economy, and then they're going to accept democracy and the way that we live much more easily?
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 15:35
Good afternoon, colleagues.
This is meeting number 9. It's Thursday, April 22.
Our order of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), is a briefing session on land forces reserve restructuring,
Today we have two witnesses from the Department of National Defence: Major-General Edward Fitch, project manager, land forces reserve restructuring, and Colonel Eric Meisner, acting project director, land forces reserve restructuring.
After your presentation we'll go to seven minutes for an opposition party, seven minutes for the Liberals, and then to a round of five minutes back and forth.
Gentlemen, the floor is yours.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 15:47
Thank you, Major-General.
Now we'll go to questions.
Madam Gallant, you have eight minutes.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 15:55
Thank you.
Monsieur Bachand.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:03
Excuse me, but your time has run out. We'll go to Mr. O'Reilly for seven minutes.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:12
Thank you.
Now we go to the five-minute round. Madame Gallant, Monsieur Bachand, and Mr. Calder, five minutes each.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:16
Mr. Bachand.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:20
Yes, go ahead.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:24
Mr. Calder.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:29
We'll go back to five minutes.
Ms. Gallant.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:31
Mr. Bachand.
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Lib. (ON)
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2004-04-22 16:33
Thank you.
Mr. O'Reilly.
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