Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. It's always a pleasure to see you. Thank you very much for being here today.
Of course, Minister, we have the visit of President Biden this week. Your counterpart, Minister Anand, whom we had the pleasure of having here at committee on Monday, made last year a $5-billion commitment to NORAD. Unfortunately, we've seen very little action since this announcement, a theme that I think is all too unfortunate with this government.
Last week we saw the very unfortunate announcement that Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. have moved ahead on their own security agreement and security initiative. I really think this visit from President Biden is a fantastic time for your government to step up and show some initiative, based upon the commitment that Minister Anand made last year of the $5 billion to NORAD.
I'll give you one example. Our CF-18s are currently using air-to-air missiles that are severely outdated. Could you please provide me with a timeline, for example, as to when we could see new air-to-air missiles—something to give the U.S., who has always been our closest ally and partner, a commitment that we are in this relationship as security equals...or not equals, I should say, but are willing to make some type of investment in this relationship?