Translation of "Bureau de projet - Véhicule blindé léger " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 347 Mr. Ted Hsu: With regard to the Privy Council Office, on what date did it receive a request for approval of a news release for the joint announcement between the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and the Minister of National Defence that took place on July 9, 2010, regarding the awarding of a contract to General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada of London, Ontario, for the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) III Upgrade Project and when was the approval given?

(Return tabled) Question No. 351 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to the Department of Public Works and Government Services, in relation to its announcement of July 9, 2010, awarding a contract to General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada of London, Ontario, for the Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV) III Upgrade Project: (a) on what date did the department start planning for this event; (b) on what date was General Dynamics informed it had won the contract; (c) on what date was the funding for this contract approved; (d) who was invited to this event, (i) who accepted the invitation and when, (ii) who declined the invitation and when; (e) on wh ...[+++]at date was the request to approve the press release for this event sent to the Privy Council Office; (f) when was the list of speakers finalized; (g) on what date was the Minister of Public Works and Government Service’s office informed this event was taking place; and (h) on what date was the Minister of National Defence’s office informed this event was taking place?

The projects involved the acquisition of replacement tanks, armoured patrol vehicles, armoured heavy support vehicles, and light armoured vehicles with remote weapons stations.

1. The draft Regulation is based upon the premise that lowering the fuel consumption of light-commercial vehicles (LCVs) will reduce the overall level of CO2 emissions from transport thus mitigating "climate change";

This draft legislation will ensure that from October 2015, all new models of passenger cars and light duty vehicles would be fitted with 112 eCall and the necessary infrastructure would be created for the proper receipt and handling of eCalls in emergency call response centres - ensuring the compatibility, interoperability and continuity of the EU-wide eCall service.

That said, prior to the Afghanistan deployment in 2003, and in order to be prepared for a variety of situations on the ground for our current mission, the Canadian Forces deployed a variety of equipment and vehicles, including new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, light utility vehicles (G Wagon, ILTIS), light armoured vehicles (LAV III, Coyotes), counter battery radar and light artillery guns to Afghanistan.