Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here today.
I'll start with Mr. Gaulin.
You testified before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on October 27, 2025. I'm going to read some of your opening statement, because I think it's very relevant today, and I would love for you to elaborate. You said this:
...position Canada as a supplier of choice for NATO. Canada should aggressively pursue NATO defence and adjacent infrastructure spending in exchange for preferential, long-term...access to critical minerals at a premium. Canada has applied to join the security action for Europe program, SAFE, which is basically the EU's defence procurement club. If accepted, Canada will join the U.K. as the only non-EU members of the club and will be the club's leading critical minerals producer.
As you know, we've just signed the SAFE agreement with Europe. We are the only non-European country to do so. Could you elaborate on what this means for Canada, how this will help us to diversify our exports in terms of critical minerals and the important role Canada can play in this regard?