Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to Colonel Irwin and Ms. Sinclair for coming to see us again.
I detect in your comments an eagerness to play a large role in NATO and an enthusiasm for what some might see as an over-contribution to the organization. Let me suggest that maybe what's deserving of more enthusiasm would be a more balanced role for Canada within that organization. What worries me about the enthusiasm and the eagerness for playing this large role and punching above our weight within that organization is, first, the cost to Canadians. We are on the precipice of procuring billions upon billions of dollars of military equipment in order to be an expeditionary force without caveat, which, I guess, is the terminology you used. Also, as we come up to this notion of smart defence, which I take hasn't been worked out completely, I wonder if our enthusiasm is going to further that eagerness to build the Canadian Forces to play an even larger role in NATO.
I wonder if you could give me a response to all of that.