“Mr. Speaker, I count the hon. Minister of Defence as a dear friend. I want to very quickly put this forward, and I am sorry if it sounds hypercritical. We transferred the Coast Guard into the defence budget to reach the 5% target, and I am hearing from Coast Guard folks in my riding. They used to be able to do the work to remove derelict vessels that were hazards to navigation by picking up the phone and calling someone they knew was competent, like a local contractor, to say, “Come and get this vessel out of our waters.” They are now forced through the defence contract and procurement process, which slows them down tremendously. I think every time we change regimes and the way the bureaucracies work, whether in civil society or in the military, we slow things down. Is the minister aware of this problem within the Coast Guard, and what can be done to ensure they can move quickly?”
Statement grade
A
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity.
Average 92 / 100
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Claims 51%Procedure 13%Reasoning 36%
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 14 wordsI am aware of the continuing responsibilities the Coast Guard has in this regard.Partly on pointProcedure · 9 wordsI would like to set the record straight, though.ProcedureClaims · 20 wordsThe Coast Guard was not transferred into the DND family as a result of our trying to hit a target.Reasoning · 24 wordsIt was transferred into the DND family in order to provide security and intelligence functions in a more complete defence posture for the country.1
