The amount of investment that the government has made in National Defence is unprecedented. Supplementary estimates (C) are not the main repository for the budget of National Defence. As you go through the supplementary estimates process, as you may know and as the chairman would be very aware, there are modifications that take place. So again, we have made unprecedented investment, and rightly so.
As you know, we have just concluded... and I had the opportunity to welcome back the last of our soldiers from Afghanistan. This was a huge operation that we undertook as a nation.
You pointed out quite correctly the Canada First defence strategy. This is something we will be renewing. This has been a part of our outreach and the message we are communicating to the world: that we have a responsibility with respect to Canada's north, the defence of Canada, the defence of North America, and indeed to continuing cooperation with our allies, whether it be through NATO or the outreach that we have made to others. It's a part of who we are, and this is what we are going to continue to do. It's a major operation, and it's an important one. Again, the Canada First defence strategy captures that outlook on behalf of the government.