Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
To the witnesses, thank you for appearing today.
The institute provides research and support to the Conference of Defence Associations to promote debate on national defence and security issues. In your opinion, how have the Canadian Forces evolved over the past five to ten years? I think you talked a bit about that evolution. I'm talking about the meat and potatoes, in talking to the average Canadian. How do you view the CF's growth and development over the past five to ten years vis-Ă -vis the immediate past and before that? Perhaps give us a little glimpse of the future in the space of time we have.