I call the meeting to order.
I'd like to welcome you to the Standing Committee on National Defence, meeting 15. We are continuing our review and study of the role of Canadian soldiers in international peace operations after 2011.
With us today, from the Francophone Research Network on Peace Operations, is Jocelyn Coulon, the director; and as an individual, we have Douglas Bland, chair of the defence studies program at the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.
Mr. Bland, I understand, is going to start. You have about five to seven minutes each, gentlemen, and then we'll go into the first round, starting with the official opposition. Depending on how many questions there are, we will probably go a couple of rounds.
Mr. Bland, it's yours.