One of the things the defence policy review needs to do is to address some of the concerns that not only Mr. Trump but the Americans generally have to consider. You perhaps know what's in the defence review, and I don't. What I would be looking for is a resolution of the issue of ballistic missile defence, finally. I would also be looking to address the replacement of our legacy CF-18 fighter jets for the future of NORAD.
Whether we get to, as Colin says, the magic 2%”...I mean, think about it. To go from where we are now at 0.88% to 2%, we're talking about defence spending at close to 40% as opposed to 18% or so. Canadians can't spend like Australians on defence. Australians have no difficulty spending 1.9% of GDP, but I can't remember a Canadian government of either political stripe that could seriously consider spending 2% of GDP on defence. I will personally be interested to see how Mr. Sajjan squares this particular circle.