As a Canadian, I have a tolerance of risk in all the aspects of my life. In terms of defence, we have a tolerance for risk. Before February 24, my personal tolerance of risk was much higher, because I thought the President of Russia was a rational actor. With what he is doing in Ukraine, to me he is now an irrational actor. It's dangerous. When we have irrationality in charge of things, the insurance I pay for defence is going to cost me more, because I worry more about my security and safety.
It's all about the amount of insurance we're willing to pay to safeguard ourselves. We're not going to safeguard ourselves by ourselves, but we have to increase our level of reliability. Deterrence was once enough at this level; now it has gone to this level, and to fill the gap between this level and that level requires time and investment.
Yes, it will cost more money, but I think it's worth it, given where the world is going geopolitically.