Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, gentlemen, for your contribution here today.
I haven't seen any polling on it, but I think Canadians in general are supportive of our participation in NATO and are certainly proud of our men and women in uniform who've been deployed recently in NATO-led missions.
There is also I think a public perception that just a few NATO countries carry most of the load. Do you think NATO is at all threatened, long term, by that fact or that perception that not each of the 28 nations is an equal partner and that some seem unwilling or unable to participate as fully as some of the others?