I want to thank the witnesses for sharing their knowledge and expertise with us today in our study on the defence of North America.
General, when I'm looking at your testimony today, you talk about the definition of a threat, and that having the desire to harm Canada but no capabilities to do so does not represent a threat from that entity. You go on to say that you do not see a state actor that has both the capabilities and intent to harm Canada militarily.
I look at some of the things that are happening in the world right now and at special forces that are being used by some international players. I look at Iran with their Qods force and the fact that they've moved them into Syria and other areas to cause destabilization. They often carry certain capabilities with them. Definitely they can easily integrate into a civilian setting and cause a great deal of harm.
I'm just wondering if in the intelligence-gathering systems that the Canadian armed forces deploy, along with the whole-of-government approach that we have with other players both internationally and within the domestic context, if we're looking at actually military people using terrorist-type approaches when dealing with our own national security.