It is a great pleasure to have you both.
I understand, Professor Poelzer, that what you're basically saying is that to assume our sovereignty we must make sure we are present—and I'm not necessarily talking about defence. We need defence as a tool of respect, to put it that way. But we clearly need, first, on our own part, to raise awareness if something's going on up north. Second, I'm very interested in your points on region and nation building. So can you expand a little bit on those.
Secondly, Professor Byers, besides all the issues of defence procurement, which I agree with, let's talk a bit about the structure. Like you, I think the coast guard should be under the Department of Defence. They should keep their autonomy, of course, but for obvious reasons they would have more resources if they were under National Defence, so I would like you to talk about that.
Finally, to both of you, let's talk about monitoring, because if we're talking about illegal immigration or drug dealers or terrorism, at a certain level the coast guard said that something will be coming forth soon regarding monitoring. But what's your evaluation of what we're doing? You had some anecdotes, Professor Byers, when you talked about the RCMP doing a great job—and kudos to them—but overall, what would be your evaluation of the monitoring as a whole?