Thank you, Mr. Chair, for that question.
I wasn't in my position at the time the CJIRU was created in 2007. Its physical location is certainly one aspect that I believe would have been taken into consideration, but at that time there were a number of factors, from proximity to the airlift capability in 8 Wing and to some of the elements that transformed, as I mentioned in my prepared remarks, to become CJIRU, which were roughly in that geographical vicinity, as I understand it. A number of factors led to their being physically set up in that location.
But like many and most of our special forces, they also need support from a larger base. They are not large teams. We have special forces in Petawawa, for example, and in Trenton, and they rely on their respective bases or wings for integral support.
There would have been a number of factors that drove that choice of final location.