Foreign Affairs committee  Charlie, you said you speak a different language. Which language do you speak, your own language?

Foreign Affairs committee  I would like to understand something within the context of your world, not our world. You come here, you speak in English, you're wearing a tie and you're talking about something that we care a lot about, which is sovereignty. We care because we want control, we want resources, a

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.

Foreign Affairs committee  You want it again...?

Foreign Affairs committee  If we weren't coming up and bothering you—

Foreign Affairs committee  Among yourselves you wouldn't be arguing about who owns the land, would you?

Foreign Affairs committee  You wouldn't be having a discussion like “This piece is mine, you can't come here.” Would that be part of this?

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I'd like to hear the contrast from your point of view, Ms. Conley, to that of Mr. Lajeunesse and Mr. Higginbotham, particularly where you're talking about the threats. You also mentioned Russia and China, and if we were talking Canadian, we would include the U

Foreign Affairs committee  You mentioned that NATO should have greater awareness of what's going on, but quite frankly, the position that we find ourselves in as Canadians has been set up by the present administration, which has questioned the value of NATO, number one, and then done things such as impose

Foreign Affairs committee  I would assume you would agree with that, Mr. Higginbotham, from what I've heard of your testimony.

Foreign Affairs committee  If we had a river running right through the middle of Manitoba, say, and the U.S. wanted to use it, why would I have to sit down and discuss with them sovereignty over my river in the middle of Manitoba? You say take it off the table because they feel like using it. I struggle

Foreign Affairs committee  We do it under NORAD, but there is no question that, if they're using a river in the middle of Manitoba, it belongs to Canada.

Foreign Affairs committee  We've heard a lot about the infrastructure gap. Both of you are clearly making the argument that we should be investing in military infrastructure, but I have a question here. Say there are limited resources, and we can invest a lot in the military or we can invest a lot in, like

Foreign Affairs committee  You would put defence above roads, housing....

Foreign Affairs committee  Professor Charron.