John McKay at the National Defence Committee

I bring this meeting to order.

Thank you, colleagues, for your patience.

We have before us three familiar witnesses: Dr. Youri Cormier, Dr. David Perry and Vice-Admiral (Retired) Darren Hawco.

Thank you to all three of you for your patience as well.

I understand that Dr. Perry and Dr. Cormier have statements. Admiral Hawco is not going to make a statement, and we'll save a little bit of time there, but we're 20 minutes late, so the first round, colleagues, instead of six minutes, will go down to five.

In no particular order, I'll ask Dr. Cormier for his opening five-minute statement, please.

Thank you.