I think you've put your finger on a significant issue. Defence procurement is not going to significantly increase until the Canadian population, and all of you in Parliament, recognize that the changed international environment is bringing back substantive threats that we haven't had in the past. We can talk about defence procurement until we're all blue in the face. If the country doesn't recognize that we need to do something about our foreign and defence policy writ large in facing the greater threat, I think we're not going to really reform defence procurement.
On September 26th, 2023. See this statement in context.