Thank you, Chair.
What a pleasure to be at this committee. I want to thank you, gentlemen, for your service to our country.
I come from northern Ontario, home of the Algonquin Regiment. Many of our young people through the years have gone to the Royal Canadian Regiment, the Princess Patricia's, the Van Doos—lots went to the Van Doos—and the navy and the air force. There's an understanding that some may be in combat and some may not, but when they sign up, the understanding is that if there's a war, they and their families know that they are going to go and put their lives on the line. That's the contract. The contract with Canada has to be that once you have signed up, we will be there for you when you come home.
Do you feel that Canada has lived up to its part of the contract, Admiral Summers?