Welcome. We are studying the Royal Canadian Navy, naval readiness, and the defence of North America.
Today we have Robert Huebert, associate professor, department of political science, University of Calgary.
We have Andrea Charron, assistant professor, University of Manitoba, director of the centre for security intelligence and defence studies at Carleton University.
Thank you both for coming.
Mr. Huebert, because we have you by video conference and for fear of losing you at some point, we'll go with you first.
Sir, you have the floor for 10 minutes.