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QUESTION NOJNo DE LA QUESTION SY 1 DE DATE Q·342 Mr. Byrne (Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte) December 08,2011

QUESTION

Hon. Peter MacKay

PRINT NAME OF SIGNA TORY INSCRIRE LE NOM DU SIGNATAIRE.

REPLY SY THE MINlSTEROF NATIONAL DEFENCE RÉPONSE DU MLNISTRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALE

, MINISTER OR SECRETARY MINISTRE OU SEMÉTAIRE PARLEMENTAIRE

Since January 1, 2010, for each MJnister, Min/ster of State and Parliamentary Secrétary, how many times d/d he or she travel by government-owned or leased aircraft ins/de or outside of Canada, and for each trip: (a) what was the departure point and date; (b) what was the arrivai point and date; (c) what type of aircraft was used; (d) who owned eachaircraft; (e) who accompanied the Minister; (f) what was the purpose of the trip; (g) what is the source of funds and budget that was used to pay for each trip; (h) what was the total cast; and (/) what was the menu for in-flight meals made available ta the Minister or other travelers?

REPL Y / RÉPONSE ORIGINAL TEXT TEXTE ORIGINAL

TRANSLATION D TRADUCTION

The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces (DNDfCF) searched aflavailable records relating to the use of CF-owned or leased aÎrcraft by a Minister, Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary inside or outside of Canada. The attached table provides the information requested in parts (a) through (i), for the period of 01 J.anuary 2010 to 30 November 2011.

Where the means of electronically screening flight records weJe limited, every attempt was made to manually identify relevant fllghts,. including flights that may not have been recorded undera ministerial-related duty code. Mission codes generally reflect the primary purpose of the mission, including observation flights over regions of natural disaster for which the CF is providing assistance to other authorities and famîliarÎzation flights on specifie CF operational and training f1ights. In an attempt ta capture ail relevant flight records, an extensive document search using manual techniques has been completed.

DND did not capture f1ight details associated witha Minister, Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary's travel to or within Afghanistan. Flight details for Afghanistan require careful screening and management in terms of the purpose of each and every passengerand programmed flight.

ln cases where multiple MinÎsters flew onboard the same aircraft, the flight has beenattributed to the Minister who either (a) submitted the request for the use ofthat particular CF-owned or !eased aircraft or (b) was the sole Minfster known to have travelled onboard the aircraft. For example, ifthe Prime Ministerof Canada requested the use ofa CF-owned or leased aircraft and one or two Ministers accompanied him on this trip, the flight is listed with the Prime Minister as thelead authority and the other Ministers as passengers. Alternatively, if a flight was requested by the Prime Minister but he flew onboard a separate aircraft, the f1ight would be attributed to a Minister who actually flew onboard the aircraft. This method of

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reporting was chosen since listing the same flight separately under each Minister would skew the total number of times a CF-owned or leased aircraft was used.

Notes

1 For (c) "type of aircraft used," the response includes ail relevant aircraft, as identified by model number:

i Model Number Name ! CC 130 Hercules 1 CC 138 Twin Otter 1 CC 144 .fhallenger ! CC 150 Airbus (A-310) 1 CC 177 Globemaster III i CH 124 Sea King CH 146 Griffon CH 149 Cormorant

ISE 200 Seechcraft King Air 200

2 For (e) "who accompanied the Minister," the table includes allavailable information that cou/d be readily extractedfrom aircraft passenger manifests, with the exception of the names of se cu rit Y personnel and lower-ranked militaryofficials who provided support to the particular Minister's travel. Forflights conducted by DND Administrative Flight Services, including Challenger aircraft, passenger manifestsare believed to be accu rate and complete since passengertracking is a standard practice for this service. However, passenger details are not consistent across fleets, and in some cases are not available. The Royal Canadian Air Force does not retain passenger manifests withaJI of its flight records, as the purpose of passenger manifests is to account for occupants while in-flight, in the event of an emergency.

3 For (f), the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) provided Whatever detaUs wereavailable through existing flight records. However, due to time constraints, it was impossible to ascertainor verify the exact nature or purpose of each and every trip; to do so would have requiredextensive consultation with each Minister, Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary, which could not have been conducted in the time available.

4 For (h), the costs provided are based on estimates of fleet-wide averages, as reported in DND's Cost Factors Manual, except in the cases of the CC-144 Challenger where 412 (T) Squadron maintains its own tables with the actual variable and fixed costs by fiscal year, and the SE200 which is based on contracted lease rates and average incremental cost. The cost of each flight was determined by applying the hourly operating cost factor for each aircraft type against the reported number of aircraft flying hours: Le., from the aircraft's point of departure to final destination. However, ît is important to note that the aircraft's point of departure may have been different from the point of departure of the Iisted Minister, Minister of State or Parliamentary Secretary, as there can be severallegs on any given flight. The costs therefore cannat necessarily be mapped directly against a particular minister onboard the aircraft.

Where costsare shawn as a bJank, the flight was tasked by someone other than the Minister listed. The Minister's presence as a passenger created no additional costs.

ln terms of Cost Factors, costs are c1assified into two groups. Variable Cost includes ail operating costs such as aircraft maintenance costs, fuel, aircraft handling and landîng fees, crew costs while flying, catering, and incidentals. The second category îs Fixed Costs, which include crewsalaries, rentai fees, special services fees, pilot training, office communication, supplies, and amortization of capital. These costs are

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incurred whether a 1:light Îs taken or not. The DND/CF use variable costs for planning and reporting purposes, since the only incremental co st to DND is the one associated with the flying of the aircraft.

5 For (i), the RCAF does not record specifie meal options that are made avaitable ta a Minister Or other traveJers. However, it should be noted that in-flight meals are only provided on select flights of sufficiently long duration.

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Q-342 TEMPLATE (GOVERNMENT OWNED/LEASED AIRCRAFTS)

Q-342 - Oeeember 8,2011 - Mr. Byrne (Humber-SI. Barbe--Baie Verte) - Sinee January 1, 2010, for eaeh Minister, Minister of State and Parliamentary Seeretary, how many times did he or she travel by government-owned or leased airerait inside or outside of Canada, and for eaeh trip: (a) what was the departure point and date; (b) what was the arrivai point and date; (e) what type of airerait was used; (d) who owned eaeh airerait; (e) who aeeompanied the Minister; (1) what was the purpose of the trip; (g) what is the source of funds and

budget that was used to pay for eaeh trip; (h) what was the total eost; and (i) what was the menu for in-fiight meals made available to the Minister or other travelers?

NAME OF DEPARTMENT: Department of National Defence

d) Owner 1 e) Who accompanied the Minister, of the Minister of State or Par1iamentary

No. of times

Intermediate Points or Destinations

GC144 IDND

NIA 26-Aua-11IWinnioea. MB ICC130 IDNO

Bay, Inuvik

\.Ir. Doyle, Ms. nar

GWO Lacroix, G. GoG business DND , LGen Leslie, R. las

14-Jan-10 1 Ottawa Halifax business DND

$

"$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

15,017.60

27,008.80

21,814.80

128,140.40

16,101.40

9,819.20

i) Menu made available for

travelers5

IN/A

NIA

NIA

NIA

helshe used the airerait

al Departure Date

l7-Jan-l0

1 O-Feb-l a 1 Ottawa

1 5-Feb-l 0 1 vancouver

06-Mar-l0

06-Mar-

d)Owner

09-Feb-lUlunawa

15-Feb-

Ottawa, Quebec City

07-Mar-l0

L. Natynczyk, IGoG business IDND 1$ Lacroix, LGen. Deschamps, Couturier, Vadm. Rouleau,

Lalumiere, CWO Young 1

$

$

13,573.60

i)Menu made available for

travelers5

NIA

NIA

5,392.35 NIA

31,479.20

8,375.20

NO.oftimes helshe used the aireraft Intermediate Points or Destinations _, ... .. _ ...

Pituffik Greenland

Trenton

WMe Plains (USA)

25-May-1

04-Jun-

09-Jun-1

09-Jul-

CC144

CC144

DND

DND

Leased by 1 Not available DND

DND Dugas, Bussieres, McOonneU

Not available

i)Menumade available for Iravelers5

NIA

$ 1 NIA

$ 9,608.90 IN/A

$ 25,710.30

$

No. of times he/she used the aircraft

a) Departure Date

10-Aug-1 Intermediate Points or Destinations

Collingwood

, Sudbury, Lake Simcoe Regional North Bay

Trouly

SI. John's

10-Aug-10 Trenlon BE200

02-Sep-10 Ottawa CC144

09-Sep-10 Trenlon BE200

27-Sep-1

27-Sep-1

03-0cl-1 0 1 Ottawa

d)Owner e) Who accompanied the Minister. of the Minister of State or Partiamentary

aircraft DND Nol available

Leased by 1 Nol available DND

DND INot available

M. Fernet

DND Not available

DND Nol available

DND LGen. Devlin, CWO Morelli, Mr. MacDonell, H.E. Ludin

Leased by Not available DND

$

$

$

$

OP NANOOK $ 2010

$

$

2,112.00

14,283.50

3,139.20

523.20

11,167.10

i) Menu made available for

travelersS

NIA

NIA

NIA

NIA

NIA

21,555.10 1 NIA

Tille of Minister, Minister of State. or 1 No. of times

he/she used Intermediate Points or Destinations

Island, Belem

Worth, Dallas, Ft Worth

Montreal, Oltawa

23-Mar-11 1 Ottawa

River Reconnaisance flight

d) Owner of the

$

$

i) Menu made 3vailable for

travelers5

NIA

NIA

$ 2,252.22 1 NIA

$ NIA

$

NIA

Title of Minister. Minister of Slaie. or 1 No. of times e) Who accompanied the Minister.

helshe used b) Arrivai Minister of Slate or Parliamentary the aireraft Intermedia!. Points or Destinations Date b) Arrivai Point Secretary2 h) Total cost of Trip4

•• N •••• 25-May-11 •• - .. _. _ .. _·'_c._

31-May-11

29-Jun-11 1 Ottawa

Iqaluit, Sondre, Stromfjord 13-May-1110tlawa

19-Apr-10 1 Ottawa

CC144

CC144

CC144

DND

Gen Natynczyk. L LGen Devlin. E. Ahmadi. J. Varner

LGen Deschamps, E. King, J. Varner

NIA

NIA

$

$

27,038.80 INIA

17.082_00 INIA

$

$

$ 7.271.60 1 NIA

117

al Departure Date

26-May-1 Goose Bay,

(Greenland)

OC, Montreal

d)Owner

. D. Obhrai, A. Saxton

31-Jan-11IGa'n'a'';'r'

GoC business

GoC business

GoC business

DND $

DND $

DND $

$

$

i)Menu made available for

travelers5

NIA

6,353.60 IN/A

5,776.00 IN/A

9,819.20

203,

14,440.00 LIA

No. oftimes he/she used 1 a} Departure a) Departure the ai ",raft Date Point

05·Feb-10 Ottawa Points or Oestinations

Calgary

i} Menu made available for

travelers5

1 1 __ ____ __ 10-Feb-10 Ottawa Vancouver. Victoria Hon. Lunn. ML Soudas. Mr. DND on ....

Victoria. Vancouver 14-Feb-1010ttawa

Portau Prince

DND 1 $

DND 1 $

DND IMr. Harper. Miss Harper. Mr. Hunt. IGoe business IDND 1 $

DND IML Hunt. Ms. Ransom. ML Reid. IGoC business IDND 1 $

$ 8.050.70 INIA

Mme Guenetle, Mme ILarocque. Ms. Linda, Mme Loubier, ML Ransom, Mr. Rousseau, Ms. Maclntyre, Mr. Buck

$ 7,791.00

Schiphol,

Roberval

2

28-May-

uskoka, Toronto, Halifax CC144 DND

Muskoka

el Who accompanied the Minister. or Parliamentary

ML Hunt, Ms, , Molaro, ML Plouffe,

Vallee Mr, Hunt, Ms

Mr, Ransom, Mme Brown, ML Long, ML

$

$ 4,674.60 IN/A

$ 13,764.10

No. of limes el Who accomponied Ihe Minisler, i) Menu made helshe used Minlsler of Siole or Parllamenlary available for Ihe aircrafl Intermediate Points or Destinations Secretary2 hl Total cost of Trip4 travelers5 ___ .... : ... _L.____ --------- 0;:" ..

CH146 DND

CH146 DND 3,801.60IN/A

7,531.30 1 NIA

27,787.90 IN/A

17-Aug-1010ttawa

$ 100,155.60 INIA

01-Sep-l010ttawa $

$

08-Sep- 30.644.60 INIA

the aircraft a) Departure

Dale 13-Sep-10

a) Departure

16-0ct-1010ttawa

lntermediate Points or Destinations Sept-Iles, Quebec City

White Plains, Teterboro

Mont-Joli

Les Eplatures, Borispol, L'Viv, Ruzyne

Montreal

14-0ct-10 1 Ottawa

21-0ct-

26-0ct-1

30-0ct-1210ttawa

d)Owner e) Aireraft 1 of Ihe

CC144 DND

CC144 DND

e) Who accompanied the Minister. Minister of State or Partiamentary

Mr. Harper, Miss. , Mr. Hunt, Ms. Barrett, Ms.

Maclntyre, Ms. Propp, Mr. Vallee, Mr. Waddell

Miss. Harper, Mr. Hunt. Maclntyre, Mr. Vallee, Mr. Mr. Gheung, Ms. Barrett

DND 1 $

DND $

GoC business IDND $

GoG business IDND $

GoG business IDND $

DND $

$

$

$

$

$

i} Menu made available for

travelers5

7,271.60 IN/A

11,946.20 1 NIA

26,229.70

12,985.00 IN/A

239,907.60 IN/A

3,635.80 1 NIA

d)Owner of the

e) Who accompanied the Minister, Minister of State or Par1iamentary

the aireraft Intermediate Points or Destinations Secretary2 WinnipeQ ML Hunt, Mr. MacDougall, Mr.

Seoul, New Tokyo, 14-Nov-1010ttawa

21-Nov-1010ttawa

St. John's

10-Dec-

06-Jan-111 Ottawa CC144

Toronto

DND

Mf. Speer, Mr. Cheung, Barret!, ML Chirchberger

Hon. Paradis, ML Hunt, Mr. Mf. Ransom, Mme. Leclerc, Ms. Maclntyre, Ms. Barrett, Mme. Breton Mrs. Harper, Miss. Harper, Hunt, Ms. Maclntyre, Mme .

. Gerson. Mf. Macdonald, Ms. ML Ransom, Mf. Campbell

$

$

$

$

$

i) Menu made available for

travelers5

20,776.00 IN/A

10,388.00 IN/A

4,934.30 IN/A

NO.oftimes helshe used the aireraft Intermediate Points or Destinations Secretary2

Montreal (Dorval) Montreal (Mirabel) •• •. " ...

11-Feb-11 1 Ottawa

, Victoria

03-Mar-11 1 Ottawa

Kitchener

i.Menumade available for

travelers5

14-Mar-11!Ottawa lVanc:ouver. QuebeC.Toronto 17-Mar.1110ttawa 'ICC144 IDND IMr. Vanstone. ML Hunt, Mf. IGoC business IoND 1 $ 31,943.10 1 NIA

$ 170,031.

alDeparture the aircraft Intermediate Points or Destinations

ll-May-llI0ttawa La Prairie, Brandon ll-May-llI0ttawa ICC144

20-May-ll1 Ottawa 23-May-ll Ottawa CC144

20-May-llICold Lake Slave Lake 20-May-ll Cold Lake CH146

st. Gatien, Eleftherious 'ottawa CC150

St. Hubert 06-Jun-ll Ottawa CC144

CC144

Montreal

Toronto 27-Jun-ll 1 Ottawa

12-Jul-ll 1 Ottawa

St. Catherines, Toronto

Toronto, Hamilton

d) Owner 1 e) Who accompanied the Minister. of the Minister of State or Parliamentary

IDND

DND

DND

DND

DND

DND

GoC business DND $

GoC business DND $

$

$

$

$

$

il Menu made available for

travelers5

15,322.30 IN/A

23,892.40 NIA

6,617.60 NIA

347,050.80

3,376.10 NIA

6,232.80 NIA

3,895.50 IN/A

5,194.00

4,934.30

19,996.90

5,453.70 NIA

5,713.40 NIA

289,985.40 IN/A

104,628.40 IN/A

No.oftimes he/she used the aÎrcraft

07-0ct-11 1 Ottawa

dl Qwner 1 el Who accompanied the Minister, of the Minisler of Siaie Or Paniamenlary

tntermediate Points or Oestinations

Te\erboro

i)Menu made availabie for

Tolal Trip4 1 travelers5 81,652.80

$ 51,940.00 NIA

$ 208,463.40 NIA

$

$

",",'." IN" $ 10,128.30

$ 9,349.20

$ 6,492.50

4,414.90

24,931.20

nlle of Minisler, Minisler of Siale, or 1 No. of limes i) Menu made Parliamentary

Canada, RI. Hon. Stephen Harper

he/she used Minister of State or Parliamentary the aircraft Intermediate Points or Destinations Secretary2 h) Total cost of Trip4

Toronto. Peterborouah. Toronto. Fort St. John Mr Hunl Persichilli '1: ?R n.<7 "n Maclntyre, Mr. Vallee, Mr. Ms. Barrett, Mr. Beloux, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Novak, Ms. Mohamed, Ms. Larlee, Mr. Van stone, Mr.

l l MacDonald, Ms. Fletcher

14-0ct-11 15-0ct-111 Ottawa ICC144 DND Not available GoC business DND $ 22,593.90 IN/A

25-0ct-11 Honolulu, Noumea, Perth 31-0ct-11 1 Ottawa ICC150 DND Nol available GoC business DND $

02-Nov-11 Cote D'Azur 04-Nov-11 Ottawa CC150 DND Not available GoC business DND '$

11-Nov-11 Honolulu 14-Nov-11 Ottawa CC150 DND Not available GoC business DND '$

Montreal 18-Nov-11 1 Ottawa CC144 DND Mr. Hunt, Mr. Wright Mr. Bachand, GoC business DND '$ Mr. Vallee, Mr. Bonneau, Ms. Ransom, Mrs. Fletcher, Mr. Paquet

25-Nov-11 CC144 IDND IMr. Hunt. Mr. Moore. Mr. Vallee. IGoC business IDND $ 24,931.20 NIA