As Minister Freeland outlined in her foreign policy priorities speech, multilateralism is important. In NATO, we play a key role. We were one of the founding members. NATO allows us to send a very strong and strategic message to the Russian aggression, while at the same time allowing us to keep the dialogue open. But we can't just use words; we need to demonstrate it on the ground.
The eFP battle group is one portion that clearly demonstrates that. A political decision was made giving that direction to our militaries, doing the planning, and then showing that execution on the ground. That's what NATO is about, and we demonstrated that very well yesterday.