Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for joining us today. It's important that we have the opportunity to discuss this matter with you, in part to signal our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine. You are all very busy these days; we are therefore even more grateful to you for taking the time to join us this morning to talk about the ongoing situation.
I particularly want to welcome His Excellency, the Ambassador of Canada to the United Nations. Given the fact that a special session of the UN General Assembly is being held this morning, we are even more appreciative of his appearance before the committee.
Ambassador, you mentioned a few moments ago that a transport plane was a major component of the contribution that we are sending. As far as I know, it is a maritime surveillance aircraft.
Could this aircraft also be used for transport purposes to support the Ukrainians, or is it just a maritime surveillance aircraft?