Backgrounders & Commentary
This collection of papers, documents and presentations below has been prepared by NAC members and others for use in providing background information to educate Canadians as to why Canada needs a Navy. It also includes opinion pieces to inspire bebate and raise important issues.
Defence Policy Review 2016 (DPR) – Background Reading Material
- NAC Submission for Discussion at the DPR Roundtable in Vancouver – King Wan – Jun 2016
- The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence – Evidence – Chair Senator Daniel Lang – Ottawa – Monday September 19, 2016
- Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence – Notes for Opening Remarks by Vice Admiral Drew Robertson (ret’d) – 19 September 2016
- Naval Association of Canada Input to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and – follow-up to Vice-Admiral (Retired) Robertson’s participation in the Standing Committee’s hearing of Monday 19 September 2016. – 10 Oct 2016
- Standing Committee on National Defence – Evidence – Tuesday, October 18, 2016 – Chair Mr. Stephen Fuhr – NDDN ● NUMBER 021 ● 1st SESSION ● 42nd PARLIAMENT
- Naval Association of Canada (NAC) Presentation to the House of Commons National Defence Committee – Tuesday 18 October 2016
- House Standing Committee on National Defence – Notes for Opening Remarks by Vice Admiral Drew Robertson (ret’d) 18 October 2016
- Naval Association of Canada Supplemental Input to the House of Commons Standing Committee on National – follow-up to the Naval Association of Canada’s presentations by Vice-Admiral (retired) Robertson and Commodore (retired) Sing to the Committee’s hearing of Tuesday 18 October 2016. – 24 Oct 2016
- Report of the Standing Committee on National Defence – The Readiness of Canada’s Naval Forces – Stephen Fuhr; Chair – June 2017 – 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st Session – June 2017
- Report of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence – Reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Plan for the Future; The Honourable Daniel Lang, Chair; The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Deputy Chair – May 2017
NAC Documents/Papers/Presentations and Supporting Material
Oct 00/ Why Canada Needs a Navy by Peter Hayden
Jun 13/ Deal of the Century by Dr. Paul Mitchell
10 Jan 16/ NAC Key Messages/ as per NAC News – Issue 134
05 Jun 16/ Canadian Naval Review (CNR) Special Edition/ as per NAC News – Issue 153
06 Jun 17/ On Maritime Threats to Canada by Daniel Sing
19 Sep 17/The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea/Jeff Gilmour
Sep 20/ Is Strategic Thinking Still Alive in the West/ Jeff Gilmour
12 Jan 21/ CSC: The Single Class Combatant Solution – Operationally focused, value conscious, and technology-enabled” – virtual PPT presentation/ Capt(N) Christopher Nucci, Director Naval Strategy
22 Feb 21 / Shipping for Resource Projects in Canada’s High Arctic in the 1980s / Jeff Gilmour
Apr 21 / NLOC Speakers Series – The RCN Globally Deployed PPT virtual presentation/ RAdm Brian Santarpia
6 Aug. 2021 / NORAD: Renewal of the North Warning System by Canada – or Not? / Jeff Gilmour
6 May 2022 / [Op-Ed] Canada Must Have the Ability to Effectively Defend Itself