National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I do want to give notice of motion. I'd like to read it into the record, if that's okay: That in relation to its study on diversity in the Armed Forces and the motion adopted on Tuesday, September 18, 2018, the Committee broaden the scope of its enquiry to include no fewer than 4 meetings to study the issue of extremists and racist attitudes and beliefs within the Canadian Armed Forces, including their impact on recruitment, morale, and operational effectiveness and that the Committee report its findings to the House.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much. One topic that is quite du jour is cybersecurity. It's something that I know is becoming much more part of our common discourse. I believe that the Communications Security Establishment has asked for more funding as part of the supplementary estimates. Can you tell me what role the CSE is going to play in the Centre for Cyber Security, which was announced last month?

National Defence committee  Great. Do I have any more time?

National Defence committee  Maybe I'll just ask a quick question. DND also requested more than $17 million of funding for Canadian Armed Forces benefits. What specific health benefits would be financed by the requested funds?

National Defence committee  Thank you.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Given the fact that the chair has asked us to be a little more focused on the supplementary estimates, Minister, I want to talk about votes 1 and 5 and the funding that has been asked for to maintain and upgrade federal infrastructure assets as they relate to the north.

National Defence committee  Great. Thank you so much. In a completely different area, DND is requesting more than $24.1 million in funding for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. For what specific purposes will the requested amount be spent? To what extent, if any, is the requested amount needed to fulfill commitments made by Canada at NATO's 2018 Brussels summit?

National Defence committee  Thank you so much. I was told I have no more time, sadly. Thank you.

National Defence committee  Wonderful. Thank you so much. Thank you for being here, Minister Sajjan, and thank you to the deputy minister and her team. Thank you for honouring the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. Few people know this, but in my 13-square-kilometre riding of Davenport in downtown west Toronto, I have a cemetery that has the largest number of burials of World War I veterans and allied members, at 5,300.

National Defence committee  Thank you. Do I have 30 seconds?

National Defence committee  Okay. What's the impact of the cancellation by the U.S. of the defence treaty—the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty—on the stabilization of Russia and Ukraine, and the crisis?

National Defence committee  Okay, thank you. The other thing we have done in the area which you haven't touched on is that Canada has a presence in Latvia right now to try to also provide a stop to Russian aggression into that area. I would love your thoughts on our effectiveness in that. Canada has also spent quite a bit of time and resources in building and strengthening democracy within Ukraine as well, their institutions and gender equity.

National Defence committee  Thank you. Could I get a response on the democracy question? I have one last question as well.

National Defence committee  Thank you so much. I'm sorry I missed the first three presentations, but I'm sure they were as excellent as the last one. Was there just one presentation? Well, it was excellent. I'm actually of Ukrainian heritage. My father's family came from Ukraine. They're from Lviv. The topic of Ukraine is a very emotional one for me and my family.