In terms of expenditures, those are more on the departmental side under the purview of the deputy minister, and they are clearly articulated in the annual reports that we publish for Parliament. I don't know if he had the opportunity during his testimony here to speak in more detail on that, but that's probably the best source of that type of detailed financial information. It's really outside of my realm of responsibility.
In terms of our own activities, within the realm of force protection and operational security, we need to continue to showcase the great work that our people are doing around the world and in this country. Every time I go out and meet with our people, whether it's overseas on operations or here at home, I am inspired. In fact, as they embark on some very important operations, whether it is our mission in Latvia or training the Ukrainian armed forces, many of them tell me that this is the most meaningful thing they have done in their lives.
We need to get that message out. We need to continue to get that message out to Canadians. I don't think the Canadian Armed Forces can do this alone. I would ask committee members—in fact, all of our elected parliamentarians—to get out and talk about the necessity of supporting our Canadian Armed Forces.
As the situation in the world becomes more difficult, I believe that the Government of Canada is going to call upon the Canadian Armed Forces more and more. What is needed is a whole-of-society effort to make sure that we have the institution in place, and the understanding of that institution in place, to address those challenges of the future.
What we need more of in this country—and I've been saying this to a number of groups, as late as when I did my third speech of the day about an hour and a half ago—is a national security dialogue, not to spread fear but to raise the awareness of the realities of the security situation out there. Everybody in this room and listening in can help in that endeavour.