Thank you, Madam Chair.
First, I am glad that the motion was put forward and that the party in power has agreed to have us undertake, and I quote, “a study of the federal government's procurement process”. I think it will be very interesting.
I would like to be sure that we will not be spending just three sittings on this. The motion reads “at least three sittings”, but if we need five, six or even ten sittings, we can take all the time we need.
Personally, I would like the committee to study National Defence's procurement processes, because Public Works and Government Services is the department that studies and sets out plans and specifications for equipment, and so on. Of course, several witnesses will tell us about National Defence's procurement.