Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
It's a real pleasure to be here today and to hear the very interesting, contrasting testimony that we've heard.
Mr. Graham, you talked a bit about something that we haven't heard a lot about: the level of knowledge of most Canadians regarding defence. You gave us some information regarding the percentage of millennials and women who understand what NATO's mission is, and so forth.
Given the lack of, say, education and/or interest of the general population in terms of our defence and our commitments to our NORAD and NATO allies, how difficult is it for us, then, to make decisions as parliamentarians in terms of procurement? For instance, Vice Admiral Davidson talked a little bit about the fact that we are not spending as much as we should, that we are not putting in as much as we should be, and that we do not have the capabilities. How do you convince the Canadian population that this is something that we should be investing in when there is lack of knowledge and basic understanding of defence, and our number one priority is our sovereignty? What is the challenge? I mean, you've had this experience working in Parliament. Could you elaborate?