Dr. Janice Stein

And subsequently, he himself was surprised how the rest of the world looked at this and what became of the concept of peacekeeping.

So, you know, as Canadians, we tell ourselves we're peacekeepers, right?

And I say, well, that's not what he thought when he started this.

Yeah, five of us.

United States, Canada,

United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.

Voices.

And you put your finger on a really dicey problem, frankly, Peter.

You know, let me just say that for us, the intelligence that we, the United States is the biggest provider of intelligence to the other four eyes.

Because, you know, it has access to intelligence that nobody else has.

Because it has the capacity to give only one reason, never mind it's people on the ground.

But it has the capacity through the investments it's made in space to look at the world nonstop 24-7.

You know, that's intelligence so valuable, for instance, to Ukrainians.

So we are takers in the Five Eyes.

And so Britain is by far, after the United States, the most important, but we're takers.

Now, we have one agency in our community, which is exceptional, the Canadian Security Establishment, CSC, which is world-class, which monitors electronic signals and is very highly regarded in Washington.

So...

It's not that we don't hold our own, but for us to cut ourselves off, for the professionals to cut themselves off from U.S.

intelligence would be a serious problem for us, really serious problem.

So I say that to set the scene.