The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will travel to Colorado Springs, Colorado on February 5, 2024 to attend the NORAD Change of Command Ceremony, as United States Air Force (USAF) General Gregory M. Guillot is appointed Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and Commander, United States Northern Command.
Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, will announce a major investment in the Canadian Army on behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence.
During a visit to Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox, Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, will announce a major investment in the Royal Canadian Air Force on behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence. This investment will bring new capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces and support hundreds of jobs.
Kody Blois, Member of Parliament for Kings—Hants, will announce a major investment in the Royal Canadian Air Force on behalf of the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence. This investment will bring new capabilities to the Canadian Armed Forces and support hundreds of jobs.
Media are invited to attend the homecoming ceremony of His Majesty’s Canadian Ships (HMC Ships) Vancouver and Ottawa, and Motor Vessel (MV) Asterix, as the ships return to Esquimalt, B.C. on December 18, 2023, after 126 days away from home while deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.
The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, accompanied by General Wayne Eyre, Chief of the Defence Staff, will visit Latvia from December 15-16, 2023, and then travel to Poland on December 17-18.
One year ago, on December 13, 2022, the former Minister of National Defence presented a Report to Parliament outlining the steps that the Government of Canada would take in response to all 48 recommendations made by former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour in her Independent External Comprehensive Review of the Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces.
The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence, will hold a media availability with reporters. He will make an announcement about Canada’s military colleges and then take questions from reporters
Media are invited to a virtual briefing held by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) to speak to the results from the 2022 Statistics Canada Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Forces
Today, the Government of Canada will give an update on work to provide the Canadian Armed Forces with the tools that they need to do their jobs, and protect Canadians in a changing world.