Again, I think that the defence of Canada is most important. For the military of any country the primary purpose is defence of the homeland. But as I said, the Canadian ships, planes and soldiers are not going to be used in the next 20 to 30 years for most of their day jobs protecting Canada from foreign threats. Those employed in the cyber-realm, those employed in various other realms, may be doing that on a day-to-day basis, but If you take a look at the pattern of Canadian Forces usage over the past 20 years, projecting forward, Canadian Forces were used to protect the Olympics and for a variety of other things at home. But most of the expensive missions that require advanced kit have been elsewhere: Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libya.
In terms of making the major investment decisions, I do think Canada has a choice. It can drop its NATO commitment and not invest in ships and planes, but I think the NATO commitment is very important.