Mr. Speaker, we accept the conclusions of the Auditor General and will implement his recommendations.
The Government of Canada is taking action to ensure that due diligence, oversight and transparency are permanently embedded in the process to replace Canada's aging fighter aircraft, which is why we have frozen funds for the acquisition and are establishing a separate F-35 secretariat outside of National Defence to lead this project moving forward.
To date, no funds have been expended in acquiring replacement aircraft.