Thank you, Minister, for joining us this morning. I appreciate that, and all the other witnesses who are joining you from your defence team. Thank you for all of the work you all do in keeping Canada safe and supporting our Canadian Armed Forces and the important work they undertake.
Minister, in the defence policy update, when you look at the defence spending planned for this year of $33.8 billion, the actual spending authorities for CAF and the Department of National Defence—I'm not talking about the creative accounting where we add in other eligible departments at about $7 billion; I'm talking about the direct spending to CAF and the Department of National Defence—are only $30 billion. Why is there a $3-billion shortfall? Is that lapsed spending again, or is it part of the budget cuts?