Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister for being here. I also want to reiterate her comments that we thank the Canadian Armed Forces and NORAD for their diligence in making sure we stay safe here at home and deal with something that was rather peculiar and that we've never had to deal with in the past.
Minister, I know we talk about the first surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of the Atlantic seaboard of the United States as originating from the communist regime in Beijing. Can you confirm whether or not that was being operated by the People's Liberation Army?