Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witness for his attendance via the Internet today.
General, I'd like to start off with a major question that is general in some nature.
Given Canada's geography, we are faced with the difficult task of defending the second largest land mass in the world, with the longest coastline. Can you speak to this committee about the challenges this poses and how the NORAD partnership helps overcome these challenges? Since you mentioned it, might I ask you to speak about the newest part of your mission, maritime warning, being that we are in the country with the longest coastline?