Thank you, Chair.
And thank you to our witness.
I hear you on Canada-U.S. relations, and clearly there are budget issues, particularly in the U.S. that are impacting Canada-U.S. relations in terms of military presence in the north. I understand your position or your point on there being very little in terms of an agreement at this point in time, so I'm fine with that in terms of understanding.
NORAD recently completed a two-week rapid response operation. I wonder if you could just talk briefly about the level of cooperation that already exists between Canada and the U.S. and how we can better enhance it. Is that level of cooperation on northern defence significant?