Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Ambassador and the other panel members, for being here.
I have two questions. One will be more for the ambassador with respect to the International Criminal Court indictment, but I don't want to miss a chance to ask the military generals who are here, particularly as I haven't seen my old friend Mike Hood for almost 10 years. I knew him when he had a previous assignment. I knew him well before he become a general. Since General Hood is wearing the air force uniform, perhaps I could ask him something.
According to the slides we saw in previous briefings by his colleagues, a huge percentage of the maritime patrol is done by the Canadian Forces. I'm wondering what kinds of missions the maritime patrol would be undertaking and why our effort is so high in proportion to that of our allies. Is it because that's a skill or a capacity we have, and we've chosen to contribute in that way, or are other allies not stepping up with respect to the maritime patrol work? Among other things, I know our forces are doing that very well.