Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Vice-Admiral.
In your presentation, the portion that caught my attention, of course, was the part where you said you couldn't promise that over the next few years the Canadian Forces would be able to sustain all six core missions simultaneously, as happened last year. Looking at the six core missions, we would certainly think being able to deliver on some of those—doing domestic operations, responding to major terrorist attacks, supporting civilian authorities in a time of natural disaster—is not optional.
In your planning, obviously you've looked ahead and said that you might not be able to do what you did last year. Do we no longer have six core capabilities to start with in the planning stage? Do we take them as they come and then say we can't do any more? How do you plan for that when certainly we would anticipate that there's a priority in those six core missions?