Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
I will be sharing my time with the parliamentary secretary, as I thought he had some excellent questions.
I did note that he talked about his diplomatic circuit. It sounded more like a party circuit than a work circuit.
I'd like to thank you guys very much for your presentation. I thought it was very educational. I do have some questions for you with regard to our role in NATO moving forward, particularly when it comes to interoperability and the importance that interoperability plays in relation to any agreements or treaties we sign around the world. Obviously we have to look at our responsibilities to the commitments we've already made to organizations like NATO.
One example I would give you is that of the Oslo process, from the cluster munitions agreement that came about a couple of years ago. Obviously we need to ratify that as a Canadian government, and in doing that, the discussion of interoperability becomes very pertinent. I'd be very interested in the position of the Department of National Defence, but also in the NATO perspective on how far we can go, and whether we're comfortable with where we are on interoperability for that.