Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to share my time with Parliamentary Secretary Bezan. I'm going to ask about fighter jet flight capabilities.
We have aging CF-18 aircraft that are going to need to be replaced in the coming years. It's my opinion, and I don't know whether you share it, that a fighter capability is integral to the defence of North America and in particular to the defence of the northern region.
Could you each comment on what capabilities our replacement fighter aircraft will need to have in order to combat threats to North America? Second, what potential threats do you envision our replacement aircraft combatting in its defence of North America?