House Standing Committee on National Defence (NDDN) – Main Estimates 2024-2025

27 May 2024

Table of contents

Appearance overview

• Appearance Details
• Page Proofs – National Defence
• Page Proofs – Communications Security Establishment

Main estimates funding notes

• Overview
  • Main Estimates 2024-2025 Overview
  • Main Estimates – Grants and Contributions
• Procurement
  • Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)
  • Halifax-Class Frigates
  • Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS)
  • Joint Support Ships (JSS)
  • Interim Auxiliary Oil Tanker Replenishment
  • Victoria-Class Modernization Project
  • A/B Jetty – Esquimalt
  • Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP)
  • Defence of Canada Fighter Infrastructure (DCFI)
  • Hornet Extension Project (HEP)
  • Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue (FWSAR)
  • Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA)
  • Strategic Tanker Transport Capability Project (STTC)
  • Armoured Combat Support Vehicles (ACSV)
  • CH-148 Cyclones
• Domestic and continental defence
  • Continental Defence and NORAD Modernization
• International security
  • NATO Funding
  • Military Assistance Donations to Ukraine
  • Operation REASSURANCE (Latvia, Poland, Romania)
  • Operation UNIFIER (Ukraine)
  • Indo-Pacific Strategy (Operation HORIZON and Operation NEON)
  • Operation ARTEMIS
  • Operation IMPACT (Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon)
• Other funding requests
  • Canadian Armed Forces Digital Capabilities
  • Joint Task Force 2 Relocation – Dwyer Hill Upgrade
  • Heyder-Beattie Class Action Final Settlement Agreement
• Grants and contributions
  • Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP)
  • Contaminated Water in Bagotville – Contribution (Vote 10)
  • Remediation of the North Bay Jack Garland Airport site – Contribution (Vote 10)
  • Remediation of Former Mid-Canada Line Radar Sites in Quebec – Contribution (Vote 10)
  • Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) Program – Grant (Vote 10)
  • Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) Program – Grant (Vote 10)

Key issue notes

• Spending
  • Our North, Strong and Free
  • Strong, Secure, Engaged Implementation
  • Budget 2024
  • Spending Reductions
  • Lapsed Funding
• Personnel
  • Military Housing and Cost of Living Supports
  • Culture Evolution, Bill C-66, and Supports and Resources for Survivors
  • Canadian Armed Forces Readiness
  • Recruitment, Retention, Reconstitution
• Domestic and Continental Defence
  • Northern Operations
  • Canadian Rangers
  • Impact of Climate Change on CAF Operations
• Indigenous
  • Indigenous Relations

Communication security establishment (CSE) notes

• Communications Security Establishment – Main Estimates 2024-25 Overview
• Bill C-26 (An Act Respecting Cyber Security)
• Top Cybersecurity Points
• Protecting Canada’s Telecommunications System
• Growth, Recruitment, and Retention
• Cyber Capabilities
• Ransomware
• Foreign Interference and the Democratic Process
• Accountability, Review and Oversight