Mr. Chair, I guess we are somewhat skeptical of the defence policy review, knowing what happened in 1994. There was a defence policy review that came out, a new white paper was published, and then we saw the massive cuts in the decade of darkness. Right off the bat, the Liberals cut 20% from the defence budget in 1995, so we do have our concerns.
One thing I want to ask the minister is, in this discussion, first and foremost, will the government take in all the input in a serious manner. Second, has he taken a serious look at what the threats and risks are to Canada from a defence perspective?