Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for still being with us at such a late hour this evening.
Deputy Minister, you are probably expecting me to get back to my question, which you could not answer because I ran out of time.
According to The Globe and Mail, the opinion was published by Global Affairs Canada against the decision of the Canadian Armed Forces to cancel the joint exercise planned between the troops of China's People's Liberation Army and the Canadian Armed Forces on a military base in Ontario.
What is the justification for that contrary opinion from Global Affairs Canada when, logically, everything was pointing toward that exercise being cancelled?