You know, we've sometimes heard that we should defend ourselves in the Star Wars lens of putting military might in the north, and we'll be safer. I think that's been dealt with. I think most people now—to continue on with the pop culture analogy—would look at the Star Trek approach, at how we work multilaterally together, and smartly.
I know that some in the government might not quite be there yet, but we're working on it. I also note that in doing that, you have to collaborate. I do note that every one of the witnesses today talked about that.
Again, I'm saddened we aren't hearing from our friends from Norway and other countries. We were hoping to have them as witnesses here at this table, but there was not agreement with our friends on the other side to do that.
That's what I do: I'm a politician, so I'm laying out my critique on that piece.
Now I'll move to questions for our witnesses.
I'll start with you, Mr. Crump.
By the way, you left out part of your resumé. You used to be a constituent in Ottawa Centre, I recall.