Yes. I served under you back then.
Thank you and congratulations.
Peacekeeping is part of who we are as Canadians. It's very much how we define ourselves. However, I think that peacekeeping, in the context of how Canadians see it and define it, perhaps no longer exists, but whether it does or not, it certainly has fundamentally changed.
With NATO missions and with UN peacekeeping missions, even to the extent of this one, which is a chapter VII and therefore allows for the use of armed forces, to coalitions of the willing, and to non-UN missions, the very nature of conflict or war and peace has fundamentally changed.
Could you help us explain to Canadians what that looks like in today's context, particularly in light of non-state actors? How would you characterize the different missions that the Canadian military engages in and how would you help Canadians to understand the differences between them?