Madam Chair, again, it's a very interesting question.
I would just reflect on my own experiences in the crafting of the national security strategy in 2004, providing advice as that strategy was being finalized, and also serving for two terms on what was then created as the Prime Minister's advisory council on national security.
My experience with the national security strategy convinced me that this is an important instrument that government needs to have as a road map for itself, and it is a vital piece of public education, both for the Canadian public and also for our allies, to signal how Canada intends to deal with a range of identifiable national security threats.
I will be brief, Madam Chair. I always thought the idea of a Prime Minister's advisory council on national security was a very interesting experiment that didn't perhaps run as long and as far as it needed to go.
I'll end on those two points.