Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Mr. Burton, my first questions are for you concerning Russia's relationship with China, and in particular how they both together signed a security pact, largely viewed as against America and the west. That was back in February. I'm just wondering if you could tell the committee, given your extensive experience and academic background with China, when we're looking at the security of Canada, and we're talking about Russia specifically in this study, how you view the security pact influencing how Canada should approach its own security.