Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our witnesses.
Mr. Harris and I had the opportunity to be in Vilnius this spring for the NATO PA conference. At that conference they told us that every time they heard a fighter jet go overhead, it reminded them of how vulnerable they were. Indeed, just by virtue of our having the conference in Vilnius they felt more secure. One of the three things they asked us for was joint exercises. The feedback that we are receiving from our colleagues, MPs in other NATO countries, especially the Baltics, is that they are extremely grateful for being heard and for the cooperation.
Now, part of the NATO strategic concept asks emphasizes a new cooperation in cyber-defence. Indeed, we see that the Prime Minister, in Wales, for the NATO centres of excellence, one of them being cyber-defence, has committed an extra $1 million to the centre of strategic communications, as well as energy security as a third pillar. So all those combinations of things are helping in these exercises that we've been discussing. Mr. Harris and I were at that NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, and they asked for Canada to be on their map and be a part of this organization, so we're very pleased that we're working there.
My question has to do with cyber-defence. Now that we have an element of participation in the centre of excellence, with respect to operation reassurance, do we have any more involvement in that particular organization than we had previously?