Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and I'd like to thank our witnesses today for, first, their service to Canada and of course for being here today with your expert testimony.
As you know, we've been tasked to study the defence of North America and we are taking a holistic approach. We did the first phase in which we looked at aerial readiness, and the next phase, of course, is naval, and the third phase will be our ground support. We visited NORAD back in April of this year and what we discussed there was the fact that our maritime awareness is currently in the agreement that we have with NORAD, but the control component is not.
Given the fact that we're going to be looking at our relationships, and commitments, and so on, what are your thoughts on expanding that mandate to include the control component rather than just the warning component or surveillance? Could you elaborate on your thoughts on that, please.