It's somewhat of a surprise that a comment was just made that when the department last appeared in front of the committee on February 3, the Canadian government wasn't sure if a full invasion was imminent. President Biden and the American intelligence community have been saying for months now that an invasion was going to take place, that all scenarios were anticipated. I'm somewhat surprised that the department wasn't sure whether a full invasion was imminent on February 3, only several weeks ago. That's one comment that I have.
This is for the Department of National Defence.
I'm wondering if there are any discussions going on between the department and the Pentagon about the new military co-operation taking place between the American administration and Scandinavian countries, such as those countries allowing U.S. military aircraft to be staged from their airbases, such as joint training missions involving U.S. bombers and Scandinavian military fighter jets. I wonder if Canada is involved with any of those discussions, because they relate to our Arctic's security and sovereignty as well.