Welcome to meeting number 37 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.
We will start by acknowledging that we are meeting on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin people.
Today's meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending in person in the room and remotely using the Zoom application.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motions adopted by the committee on Thursday, March 3, 2022, the committee is resuming its study on the assessment of Canada's security posture in relation to Russia.
With us this morning we have, from the Department of National Defence, General Wayne Eyre, chief of the defence staff, Canadian Armed Forces; Vice-Admiral Auchterlonie, commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command; and Major-General Michael Wright, commander, Canadian Forces Intelligence Command and chief of defence intelligence. From the Communications Security Establishment, we have Ms. Caroline Xavier, chief; and Mr. Sami Khoury, head of the Canadian centre for cybersecurity.
Thank you all for joining us today. We look forward to your remarks.
General Eyre, I welcome you to make your opening statement for five minutes, give or take. We won't be too hard on you.