Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses for being here.
Professor Fejes, I want to express all our condolences on the loss of your cadets at RMC. I see that you're a lecturer there. It's a very tough reality. Just so you know, Parliament did hold a minute of silence today for them to formally acknowledge their loss. Please pass that along to the community. We feel that loss with them.
I'll start with you, Professor. I understand what you're telling us in your testimony, but I'm wondering what solutions you might be suggesting. You've posed some good questions on current conditions of service and whether we need some sort of permanent operational force.
What would you be recommending if you were the one saying, “How do we deal with this?” Should we be looking at a separate force like the U.S. has through FEMA or should we be looking at a specialized group within the military? What's your thought on that?