Mr. Chair, if I may respond, the research and the deployment of highly experienced chemical, biological, and radiological nuclear and explosive experts is today's reality in the precarious world we live in. The constant upgrading of those skill sets is a critical component of what the Department of National Defence is responsible for.
I can tell you, coming from a law enforcement background, that when it came to some of these kinds of responsibilities requiring highly technical expertise, we always did reach out to the Department of National Defence.
So a lot of those costs are incurred for the usual equipment and for training. Some of that training cannot be done locally; it's done outside the country. The costs relate to the upgrading of the certification of those people in their very dangerous work. A very highly skilled set of resources is necessary to do this kind of work. That funding is necessary to keep up their skill sets and certification, to ensure that we deploy people with the right equipment, and that we do research as well. You and I did see some of the research they're doing to ensure that they're able to perform in as safe an environment as possible when they're called upon to deal with these kinds of issues.