To Dr. Huebert's point earlier, the reality is that some of these metrics don't matter to them as much as what you come to the party with, so to speak, in your capabilities. I've said this line before, and I'll repeat it again. At any one time, the Canadian Armed Forces can only operate around 10 active fighters or fewer, two and a half frigates, maybe a submarine depending on what month it is, 2,200 troops—who are largely within Latvia currently—and our transport fleet.
You saw the comments last week by Department of Defense officials in the United States. I think these comments are made privately by our allies and partners internationally to say that the capabilities we are able to deploy out of the country are very low.
