Mr. Staples, I made notes about the MDA space-based strategy, the non-proliferation use of space and space-based threats, disarmament, and the NATO Nuclear Planning Group round table on space. Then I see that you're suggesting that we request that the Minister of National Defence appear before the committee to explain Canada's position on NATO's Nuclear Planning Group.
I suppose I was rather expecting that you might have been talking about maybe a joint focus for our two countries, Canada and the U.S., on climate change, or territorial challenge, or the Northwest Passage, or NAFTA, or the thickening of the border, or border security, or perimeter issues, or management of joint issues, maybe with NORAD or IJC. I wasn't really expecting your dissertation on space. Considering the topic of the day, which I believe you were advised of, I was curious about why you chose something that, to my simple mind, appears to be a little obscure.