Mr. Chair, through you to the member, thank you for the question.
That's a tough question for what I'll say is a new person at the department.
Certainly from my short experience there I think a key issue for the department and for the Canadian Armed Forces is for us to be in a position whereby the defence team, as we call it, which is both the armed forces members as well as the civilians who support them, will be in a position of readiness to take on the missions that the government directs us to take on. That's a key issue. Also, as part of that we have to work very closely with our partners and allies. Obviously, the United States would be one, but there are other partners internationally.