Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for your presentation. I'm new to these issues, so I very much appreciated your being precise and the good explanations you gave. I hope you'll bear with me on some of my questions that may seem a bit simple to you, perhaps.
You talked about Arctic security being a bit about the ability to respond, and I think you said you don't care whether it should it be the coast guard or the navy, we just need to do it. I think about the ability to respond and the coast guard, and it seems to me that the coast guard may be in a better position to respond quickly. It's something that's much less costly.
I'm just wondering if you have thoughts about the coast guard being able to carry out these functions. You said your preference was for DND to run things.