Okay. I will start.
I want to thank our witnesses for appearing on very short notice, but this study is important to Canada.
Knowing the growing threats we see in our Arctic and around the world, I want to start off by quickly talking about the comment made by Ambassador Hoekstra to the CBC that if Canada doesn't buy the F-35s, the U.S. will have to pick up the slack and fly their F-35s in Canadian airspace to intercept any potential threats.
Lieutenant-General Speiser-Blanchet, what is your position on this? Can we maintain sovereign control of our airspace without F-35s?