Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Redman, I'm going to start with you.
You mentioned that, in your opinion, having troops on the ground in the natural disasters we're seeing should be done as quickly as possible, and pulling them out as quickly as possible. We heard from the last witness, if we're comparing numbers from Dorian to Fiona, that there may have been more boots on the ground, but they were there for less time.
With that in mind, are CAF troops on the ground the only measure of response and resources? If it's emergency planning, it's truly about filling gaps. Is a political model of only tracking the number of Canadian Armed Forces' boots on the ground really telling the whole picture of resources or where the best resources are being utilized?