Thank you for being honest.
I'd like to come back to military spending, the well-known request by North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, to have Canada devote 2% of its gross domestic product to military spending.
Last week, a letter signed by 23 Republican and Democratic U.S. senators was released. They are asking Canada to meet the requirements NATO voted for in 2014, that is to say to devote 20% of our defence spending to equipment that will modernize our capabilities, among other things.
Does the fact that senators from the United States are making such a public statement to put pressure on Canada have any effect? Does that put pressure on your department and your government to increase spending? Does it also have a negative impact on our relations with our allies when they see that we're not meeting the targets set by NATO?