Commander NORAD reports directly to the Chief of Defence Staff, as does Canada Command, as does Commander CEFCOM. The three of us report to the Chief of Defence Staff. When one looks at NORAD, it has many Canadians in it. On a day-to-day basis, our two staffs speak. We have ongoing discussion between our staffs. We conduct trilateral staff talks with all the commanders.
I see Commander NORAD quite a bit. For example, over the last four months I've been with him at least four or five times. We have been able to discuss things; we have an open dialogue. I talk to him and he talks to me as we need. There's a very open dialogue: the staffs talk, we have staff discussions, we work together in very much an integrated approach.