The first point is that, yes, there is a science called risk management. I mean, we define it by your vulnerability, the cost to recover, and the likelihood of events. You can make some very weird calculations, but I'm not good at it.
Second, if you want to predict the future for Canada in terms of risk and in terms of budget—we've mentioned the defence budget before—there is one single variable you can use. It is the United States. The Canadian budget always moves in the same direction as the U.S. defence budget. It's magic. It's the same thing. The U.S. is calling the shots when it's about threat, so it's depressing for you and it's depressing for us. I prefer to put it aside.
Third, I'm going the same way as David in saying that in Canadian society there are some elements of consensus and basic values that we want to keep. It's not necessarily economy, or prosperity, or a tangible thing, but there are also some basic principles that we want to follow.
It is part of your job to identify what we want to protect, not only in terms of prosperity and material protection but also in terms of the values that society wants to protect. This is part of your job.