Thank you for your question, Ms. Normandin.
Decisions on Canada's participation in the exercises are not my headquarters' responsibility. Therefore, decisions about Canada's participation in Exercise Cold Response 2022 are also not under my control.
However, as Canada is part of NATO, until recently, one of our marine patrol aircraft monitored Russian marine activities on a daily basis near Norway, where Exercise Cold Response will take place. In addition, we are increasing the number of personnel in nearby Latvia to 540.
Canada's participation in NATO is important. The decision to have 10 personnel participate in Exercise Cold Response is consistent with our training objective in littoral operations, which will take place during the exercise.