I call this meeting to order. This is the 32nd meeting of the defence committee.
Joining us today is Mr. Fadden, former national security adviser, deputy minister of national defence and director of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service. He's worn many other hats as well.
Welcome to the committee once again. Thank you for sharing your time with us.
Before I ask Mr. Fadden for his five-minute opening statement, I'll bring to the attention of members that the Conference of Defence Associations has a Canada submarine capability series on November 22, which may be of interest to some members of the committee. I wanted to bring that to your attention.
With that, I will call on Mr. Fadden for his opening statement, and then we'll go to our round of questioning.
Mr. Fadden, you're on.