Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First and foremost, I'll start by thanking Major-General Ménard and the men and women of the Royal Canadian Air Force for their commitment to keeping Canada safe across all our borders, and the contributions of the broader Canadian Armed Forces in making sure that Canada remains safe and stays engaged internationally. Sir, thank you very much.
I'll continue on the topic of NORAD modernization. I believe this question will be for the Major-General.
In Canada's defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged”, it is noted that Canada needs to remain agile and flexible within a global security environment that is complex and unpredictable. In the second report of the defence committee on aerial readiness, it also indicated that the advancement of new missiles with dangerous capabilities in terms of their precision and unpredictable nature constitutes an important new challenge to NORAD.
This is my question for the Major-General: Given the current global context, the ongoing threat imposed by Russia and Russian advances specifically in the hypersonic missile, how is Canada maintaining its flexibility and agility in terms of NORAD or other forms of preparation and protection?