National Defence committee Again, that's a decision regarding how much people want to move in particular ways. If they want to move significantly, then they would need to do the analysis, presumably, to justify it.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
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National Defence committee I confirmed that with my team.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
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National Defence committee It's not our job to tell DND how to operate. It's our job to provide advice relative to the statement of requirement and to point out where it may constrain the decisions that would be made. So we do not comment on where things should be. We did comment based on the historical
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee The simple answer is that there are two elements to this particular discussion. One element is very technical, and we have an extremely knowledgeable DG who has been involved with the aerospace sector for many, many years, and is acknowledged around the world for his knowledge an
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee And you are, let me assure you.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee Let me assure you that you are.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee As I think I noted in the opening remarks, the government received the report initially. There was interaction back and forth, and a final report was delivered to them. That would normally be the case in a circumstance like this. The technical evidence, if you like, or position i
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee The report is public and has been publicly available for some time in both languages.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
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National Defence committee October of 2009.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee How can I describe this? I can't comment on what the military was or was not trying to do. We are not really familiar with that. What we did was look at the statement of requirement—
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee Our view is that it was overly constrained and that by moving to a performance-based or a capacity orientation rather than a platform orientation, you would improve the situation.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee No, from a platform.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee Jerzy, do you want to speak to the lifespan of current aircraft?
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
John McDougall
National Defence committee The process actually began before I arrived at NRC.
February 14th, 2011Committee meeting
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National Defence committee I think the real question is why. I think what happens is, in the case of a complex procurement agenda, government takes a look at the circumstances of the procurement and looks for the kind of expertise that can be brought to bear in helping through the decision. The statement--
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