National Defence committee  I'll be very quick. I welcome the question. We actually have two separate capital budgets within our capital vote that you see in the estimates. One of those capital budgets lets us reprofile the money that goes unspent into future years, with tremendous flexibility, because the liabilities for those assets are out there, and the Department of Finance accommodates us in moving that money to match the delivery schedules.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is indeed an expensive business and the numbers are big. We actually manage a supply line coming out of the Canada First defence strategy that spans 20 years. When we look at our procurements, we look at them in the context of that timeline. The fact that in many cases we're talking about leading-edge technology means it takes a long time to develop and a long time to build.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I don't have a list of all the sites. We are talking about $196 million for those sites over the next five years. But I don't have the list of sites at the moment.

National Defence committee  Let me quickly add that this is a federal initiative that started in 2005. We have moved now to the second phase.

National Defence committee  Thank you, Minister. Mr. Chair, further on the lapsing question, as the minister has alluded to already, since 2004-05—in other words covering the last seven completed fiscal years, including 2010-11—DND has carried forward approximately 1.4% of its total spending authorities. That's about $118 billion.