Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, General Henault, for being here this morning.
General, my question has to do with the importance of acquisition of strategic and tactical airlift, and medium- and heavy-lift helicopters to NATO missions. As you probably are aware, Canada is in the process of rebuilding our military after many years of neglect, and there's been some suggestion that we're purchasing this equipment only for this mission in Afghanistan. The reality is, we're purchasing it for a longer-term perspective than that. I thought it would be interesting to get your perspective on what kinds of contributions this equipment can make, even in the short term, to a mission like the one we're experiencing in Afghanistan.