L'Assemblée nationale du Québec adopte à l'unanimité une motion soutenant la réforme de la Stratégie nationale de construction navale du gouvernement fédéral

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  29 mai 2023 | Local, Autre défense

  La ministre de la Défense Anita Anand se rendra à Singapour pour promouvoir la sécurité dans la région indo‑pacifique

  Le 29 mai 2023 – Ottawa (Ontario) – Ministère de la Défense nationale / Forces armées canadiennes L’honorable Anita Anand, ministre de la Défense nationale, se rendra à Singapour les 2 et 3 juin 2023 dans le but de renforcer les relations du Canada en matière de défense avec ses alliés et ses partenaires dans la région indo‑pacifique. La ministre Anand sera accompagnée du général Wayne Eyre, chef d’état‑major de la défense. Au cours de sa visite, la ministre Anand assistera au Dialogue au Shangri-La, la première conférence annuelle sur la sécurité dans la région indo‑pacifique qui rassemble des ministres de la Défense, des hauts fonctionnaires et des spécialistes de la défense de plus de 50 pays. À Singapour, la ministre Anand, le général Eyre et des représentants du ministère de la Défense nationale rencontreront leurs homologues de pays de la région et d’ailleurs dans le monde, avec qui ils discuteront des manières dont la Stratégie du Canada pour l’Indo‑Pacifique favorise la liberté, l’ouverture et l’inclusion dans la région indo‑pacifique. Le 3 juin 2023, à 9 h 30 (heure de Singapour) – La ministre Anand prononcera une allocution lors d’une séance plénière intitulée Building a Stable and Balanced Asia‑Pacific (Bâtir une région Asie-Pacifique stable et équilibrée). Ouvert aux médias. Les représentants doivent écrire à l’adresse suivante : press@iiss.org https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-defense-nationale/nouvelles/2023/05/la-ministre-de-la-defenseanita-anand-se-rendra-asingapour-pour-promouvoir-la-securite-dans-la-region-indopacifique.html

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  18 février 2020 | Local, Aérospatial

  Quebec defends $30 million Flying Whales investment

  The Quebec government is defending its decision to invest $30 million in a project to build blimps or airships to transport heavy equipment and supplies to remote areas of the province that lack roads. In June, the government announced it was buying a minority stake in French blimp manufacturer Flying Whales that plans to build a production facility in the Montreal area within five years. The French company is developing a 150-metre-long airship capable of carrying up to 60 tonnes of cargo. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Quebec will join France and China as shareholders in the company founded in 2012. Flying Whales is working with Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) on a propulsion system that would be adapted from existing helicopter turbines. A spokesperson for PWC confirmed the company is a partner in the project, but said it is still too early in the process to add further comment. “I'm not even sure we've signed a contract with Flying Whales, but it's something very different than what's out there and we're always looking to be involved in advanced projects,” said Catherine Cunningham, assistant director, Public Relations and Communications at PWC. However, Quebec opposition parties are demanding access to a study that supports the project, claiming it's not economically feasible. In 2017, the previous Liberal government declined to partner with Flying Whales for a similar project. But the current Quebec government claims the new project is better laid out and is supported by many sources that were not identified. This isn't the first time a company has tried to build airships in the province. In 2015, LTA Aerostructures, a Montreal-based company with American and Canadian backers, announced plans to build a $60 million production facility in Mirabel to build airships capable of transporting up to 70 million tonnes of cargo. However, the plant was never built and the company's website is no longer active. https://www.skiesmag.com/news/quebec-defends-30-million-flying-whales-investment

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  1 octobre 2018 | Local, Sécurité

  Border Security & Organized Crime

  © 2018 FrontLine Security (Vol 15, No 5) Canada's new Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister finally has a mandate: What should Canadians expect? When Prime Minister Trudeau shuffled the federal Cabinet on July 14th, the entire country was taken by surprise when Bill Blair was named as the Minister for the newly-created portfolio of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction. At the time, Blair was serving as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and had been placed in charge of the Government's challenging initiative to legalize possession and use of marihuana. As such, Blair had worked with several federal departments, with Provincial and Municipal governments, with police organizations, the RCMP, CBSA, and also with U.S. officials who, understandably, were, and are, concerned about cross-border smuggling. By all accounts, Blair did an exemplary job of working with the multiple stakeholders to identify and ‘solve' the many problematic issues involved with marihuana legalization. He was ably supported in this task by officials from Public Safety Canada's Border Strategies and Law Enforcement Division – those skilled policy people who understand and prioritize operational results. Mr. Blair's success on the marihuana file was no doubt a significant factor in being chosen to handle this new responsibility. It is also clear that his lengthy career of law enforcement, including as the Chief of the Toronto Police Service and President of the Canadian Association of Police of Chiefs, was also instrumental in his selection for this new role. Full article: https://defence.frontline.online/article/2018/5/10483-Border-Security-%26-Organized-Crime