Thank you.
Minister Ellis, I'll begin with you. Thank you for joining us today.
It was, of course, an extraordinary summer for your responsibility for public safety.
Would you like to make any other comments about the different jurisdictions and responsibilities of local governments or the provincial government?
Do you think the federal government ought to explore a separate civilian emergency response system rather than simply relying on the CAF, given the testimony we heard from Sergeant Banks about the limited resources of the CAF?