Thank you, General. I appreciate your opening comments.
I should just point out that the first time I met General Bouchard, he was the commander for 1 Canadian Air Division in the Canadian NORAD region out of Winnipeg. I got to know him a bit there. He went on to be deputy commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command, deputy commander of the Allied Joint Force Command in Naples, and then, of course, we all know him as the commander for NATO's Unified Protector.
I want to remind committee members that even though General Bouchard is now a civilian, we're treating him as a public servant, since all his activities were done as a public servant. The rules in chapter 20 of O'Brien and Bosc apply. We can't compel him to disclose information on issues that he dealt with in a secret manner or dealt with in expending his duties. As well, the Security of Information Act of 2001 would apply for any top secret information he was privy to.
With that, Mr. Harris, you have the floor.