Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome all the witnesses who made a presentation.
I am going to start with Mr. Lajeunesse. I really want to make sure that I understood his remarks and that I am not putting words in his mouth inappropriately.
You are in favour of spending the money to buy the F-35, which, I suppose, will become the CF-35. We are on the way to signing a contract without having gone to tender. First of all, is it normal, in your opinion, for a government to make such a procurement without a tendering process to make sure that, if there are competitive products, the taxpayers get value for their money? The reason this committee is here at present is to prepare a budget and the word budget implies managing the public purse.
I would just like to know your thoughts on that, if you would be so kind.