We're going to call this meeting to order. We're running a couple of minutes behind schedule. We're going to continue with our study on readiness, and joining us today we have a bunch of academics.
First, from the University of Calgary we have David Bercuson, director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies.
From Dalhousie University we're joined by Vice-Admiral Gary Garnett, who's retired and is a research fellow at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies.
From the Université du Québec à Montréal is Stéphane Roussel, who is a professor and Canadian research chair in Canadian foreign and defence policy, and he is joined by his analyst, Professor Battiss.
Welcome, all of you.
We'll open it up to your brief comments to kick off the discussion.
Mr. Bercuson, please start us off.