Thank you, Chair. I will be sharing my time with my colleague.
Director General, thank you for being here today. I was glad to hear you reference the OSCE, because I think my question is going to draw from your experience there as well as in your current role.
I was part of a Canadian delegation that went to the Baltic regions. We met with Estonia and Latvia when we were there last year, in November. We met with military and defence officials there. One of the recurring themes we heard in all our meetings was that a weakness in the defence of one was a weakness in all of our defences. We learned about how they're doing military exercises together and a lot of planning together.
How significant is that in terms of an approach to military preparedness and defence? How important is it that we view that beyond just the Baltic region when it comes to Russia?