Good day everyone and welcome to the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence. In accordance with Standing Order 108(2), we continue our study of the role of Canadian soldiers in international peace operations after 2011.
We are pleased to welcome two witnesses to the committee: Dr. Philippe Lagassé, an assistant professor with the Graduate School of Public And International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and retired Colonel Michel Drapeau, an adjunct professor with the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law.
Gentlemen, you will each have between five and seven minutes to make your presentations, following which we will go to questions from committee members and have a discussion .
You may proceed.