Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for accepting our invitation to appear before the committee.
Dr. Paquin, I suspect you were my professor at Laval University in another life. You taught me a lot about American foreign policy, and I'm sure that your expertise on Canadian security, among other things, will be of great benefit to the committee.
At the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, you mentioned that since World War II, there has been a desperate desire to avoid a conflict between two nuclear superpowers, and that's why western powers didn't want to go beyond economic sanctions, for example.
How might Russia react to these economic sanctions, and how should Canada prepare?
Do you think Canada is sufficiently prepared for any kind of attack?