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Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the Defence Policy Review will be released June 7.

Sajjan told Parliament Monday that the policy release is set for that date.

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Sajjan leaves later today for Washington to brief U.S. officials on the defence policy.

The information about the June 7 date came out via a planted question by Liberal MP John McKay, who noted that as the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence, “I was privileged to chair a policy roundtable on behalf of the minister to engage experts, stakeholders and interested Canadians from coast to coast to coast.”

“Discussions were lively, interesting and thoughtful, a highlight of my time working with an incredible team at National Defence,” he added. “Would the minister update this House on the progress being made for the launch of the defence policy for Canada?”

Well, of course the Minister would just love to do that.

And the response?

“Our work on Canada’s new defence policy is done,” Sajjan said. “The next step is to share it with Canadians, but first, my colleague, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, will be saying more about Canada’s foreign policy foundation, and then on June 7, I will have the honour of releasing the new defence policy on behalf of Canada.”