Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'm not going to be as bleak as the last round of questions.
I want to point out that I believe that the public service is excellent in Canada. I don't think it is fair to call into question their competence. I think Canada is lucky to have an independent, very well-respected public service.
To Mr. Kasurak, I look at this as an opportunity. You talked about a challenge in your opening statement. A challenge was the different way the public wanted to treat defence, because it was never viewed as a priority. It was never viewed as something they wanted to spend a lot of money on, so governments didn't, even though there may have been interests who thought we needed a stronger military with better equipment.
I think that the recent conflict in Ukraine, the horrible war that Russia has started, has made the public much more ready to spend more money on defence. They're ready to recognize the challenges we face as an Arctic country that borders Russia in a world where you had Donald Trump as president and you can't always count on the American president rushing to our defence. I think that Canadians are starting to see that there is a need to have very professional, well-equipped armed forces.
Do you not see this as an opportunity, Mr. Kasurak?