Certainly, you're correct in saying that with Finland and Sweden becoming members of the alliance, we see a bit of a shift north in terms of areas of interest on the part of European security. With Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, they have brought forward lots of real capabilities, so they're a very welcome addition to the alliance.
We've seen, since 2022, a real shift in European security with Russia's invasion in Ukraine. We have seen, obviously, drones and the like in the past few weeks, so the security situation in Europe has changed dramatically, so too has the security situation in North America. We talked about Russian and Chinese joint operations coming close to North America with hypersonic missiles, etc. We are, in fact, engaged in a conversation with European allies, with NATO allies, about getting more recognition for Canadian contributions to security in North America.
SACEUR's area of responsibility covers European territory. It does not cover NATO. That said, NATO's article 5 commitment does cover North America and does cover our territory, but historically Canada and the U.S. have said, “You know, North America is ours. We're taking care of it through NORAD binationally and nationally.”
However, there are some investments we're going to be making that we want to be given more credit for in the NATO context.