It comes back down to.... Look, the F-35 is an incredible airplane and one of the reasons that Ferry and I were talking about potentially a dual fleet was this. Does all of it have to be F-35 level of capability for the defence of Canada? Or could you do with a diminished F-35 purchase and buy something else? That's a discussion that we need to have. I'm not there to suggest to you what platform it should be.
One of the other things in the preamble to your question, it's not just air power. I'm a great fan of the old Napoleonic quote that amateurs talk tactics and professionals talk logistics. One of the things that has made our air power successful is tanker fleets, C-17s. It's all that support infrastructure that comes with it.