Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to both of you for being here today.
Mr. Sokolsky, I can appreciate why you wouldn't want to leave the most beautiful part of Canada to come here, but thank you for participating by video conference. I'm going to be sharing my time with the parliamentary secretary, so I'll ask you one quick question.
I got the impression from the previous witnesses that they didn't seem to demonstrate that there was much concern with the fact that Canada was not participating in the ballistic missile defence system. I'm curious as to whether you can comment on that and provide some insight.