It's an outstanding question.
The challenge is that this is a policy issue. From our perspective, our lead in what we do to support sovereignty is the associate deputy minister for policy. I would put it to you that it's not a military term, and so I risk stepping out in trying to provide a definition of activities in which so many actors in this town participate.
By demonstrating our ability in the Canadian Armed Forces to move through our terrain, our airspace, and our waterways, we demonstrate our ability to control our terrain, commensurate with civil authorities like the RCMP and other territorial and provincial authorities.