Well, you hit it right on the head, Mr. Norlock, in the sense that this contributes to our capabilities, and it gives us the opportunity to intervene and support those activities that we support. When you have flooding in Alberta as well as international operations, it's very important that we have the capability. We have to ensure that we have the personnel in place and that we have the capability. That includes, of course, the proper equipment to be able to do this.
We understand and recognize that the sovereignty of Canada and the protection of Canada is our number one responsibility. We have a responsibility as well to North American safety and security, and we work with the United States, Mexico, and other allies to ensure that. Part of this as well is our capability to involve ourselves when necessary in international operations. In my opening remarks, I referred to two of them that we are involved with at the present time.
Thank you for the question. The Canada First defence strategy is the core of what we are all about, what we are doing, and what we hope to continue to do.