Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our ministers for being here today and for answering these questions so fulsomely.
I think many of us, at least on the government side and the majority in the House of Commons, will be pleased to see that through the supplementary estimates and the main estimates, the government is already starting to meet its commitment to reduce and ultimately eliminate the deficit, while remaining true to the principles of the Canada First defence strategy and while delivering the best equipment for our men and women in uniform. Your testimony certainly reinforces that narrative.
Minister, MacKay, I'm wondering if you could make a few remarks, with regard to the main estimates, on the importance of environmental stewardship. We do sometimes have controversies, justified or otherwise. There is a legacy that has had to be addressed over many years in the Far North and elsewhere. Is the commitment of the Department of National Defence in this regard as strong as it should be and adequately resourced?