Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and, through you to the witness, thank you for appearing today.
Being that it's a five-minute round it's going to be difficult for you perhaps to respond to everything I'm going to ask.
There are those from the opposition, not only in our country but also in others, who would have the Canadian Forces rid itself of its expeditionary capabilities and focus on niche capabilities. Would this approach be desirable to NATO, or does NATO rely on Canada to carry out a larger share of its proven expeditionary capabilities? And I did note in some of your responses, General, that you said NATO would never say no to that.
Having been chief of the air force of France and responsible in part for providing the best equipment available, you did say that technology is very important as we move into the future, and that if you're going to be able to provide, in our case our Canadian men and women in our air force, the best equipment available, you would want to make sure that it was the best technological equipment available. You also said that we don't know where the next attack or next threat is going to come from. Given that the threat may come from a nation that has the best technology and that this committee heard witnesses say that stealth kills non-stealth 100% of the time, I wonder if you could comment on the type of aircraft you would foresee as the best type of air defence and offence a nation could have.