Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 70)

"Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan paid his first visit to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Headquarters (NORAD) at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado today. During his visit, he met with Admiral Bill Gortney, Commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, and Canadian Lieutenant-General Pierre St-Amand, Deputy Commander of NORAD. Discussions focused on a number of issues important to the Canada-U.S. defence relationship, including continental defence, new challenges to North American aerospace defence and NORAD's continuing evolution to meet those challenges." (Press release, January 20, 2016)

"Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan today met with U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter ahead of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defence Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium. During their first official meeting, Minister Sajjan committed to working with his counterpart on strengthening cooperation in a number of areas of mutual interest, including through their active participation in NORAD and NATO." (Press release, February 10, 2016)

« $6.0 million on projects to support northern operations, including investments in airfield ramp reconstruction that is critical to northern search and rescue and upgrades to fire suppression systems that directly support the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). » ("Growing The Middle Class" Budget 2016-2017)

« We must consider ways in which NORAD may need to evolve and modernize to remain relevant into the future, and what arrangements or investments may be required to make this happen. Strengthening NORAD may include a re-evaluation of its current roles and expansion beyond the air and maritime domains. » (Defence Policy Review: Public Consultation Document 2016)

"While the Canadian military is preparing to work with the U.S. on upgrading North America's aging defences, Canada's top general says there have been absolutely no talks about joining its ballistic-missile shield program" (CTV News, December 01, 2017)