Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, General Beare and General Loos, for coming to us. In particular, and thank you, General Beare, for your long service to Canada in the forces. Sometimes when I see young men like you leaving, I'm wondering where all that experience is going and whether it could hang around for awhile to benefit the Canadian people. I wish you well in your retirement.
Your command, sir, is the combination of three previous commands: CEFCOM, the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command; the Canada Command; and the Canadian Operational Support Command, which was stood up in 2012. Is that still the case? Do you still have all those responsibilities?
You talked about the primary role being the defence of Canada and Canadian sovereignty, as well as disaster relief and other aspects, or what I call defending Canada and protecting Canadians. In that mandate, is the search and rescue responsibility there? They answer to you?