Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Minister Day, you said you asked for questions and also advice. Predictably, my advice to you is to keep doing what you're doing with respect to the long gun registry. I know a lot of frontline police officers in the RCMP and local police forces—as probably many of us do—and some at considerably more senior levels. I have not spoken to one who thinks that the firearms program, as it's constituted for the popular idea of its usefulness, is in fact useful. No police officer goes into any situation without assuming that there are firearms present, until proven otherwise.
My question, however, is on foreign intelligence. Will there be a significant increase—and I hope there will—in Canada's foreign intelligence gathering, in conjunction with our allies? From my point of view, the further out you can move things like intelligence and other protective measures, the better. Is there going to be a significant increase in Canada's ability to gather intelligence offshore?