The Rangers, as you know, are a special reserve component, and they're absolutely vital. They were first envisioned back in 1947 to provide the eyes and ears of the north—surveillance and presence. We have more than 1,800 in one Canadian Ranger patrol group, the one that serves my area of responsibility. There are four others further south in other regions.
I have 1,850 rangers spread across 60 patrols across the land. You can imagine little circles across all of the north with about a 300-kilometre radius that they can get out on, whether by ATV and boat in the summer or by snow machine and komatik in winter. So we can get places, we have eyes and ears, we have mentors and guides for when forces come from the south, so that they can not only survive but survive to operate.