Thank you, Madame Chair.
Welcome to our guests.
In your opening statement, Mr. Ross, you stated something that I think most people are aware of. Regardless of whether you're political or not, for a significant number of years in the past both policy and planning was definitely uncertain, with no clear sense of direction. Without that it's difficult to be able to operate efficiently and effectively. In my own opinion, quite frankly, I think that lack of long-range policy and planning was disastrous. We obviously had to make some changes.
Madame Bourgeois mentioned that there is really no long-term commitment to defence procurement. I would state unequivocally that this is absolutely wrong. It's my understanding that the government has made a long-term predictable commitment to the procurement in the defence quarter.
Could you elaborate a bit more on the size of the commitment and the length of the term? And could you also give us an idea of how this long-term commitment will potentially be of benefit in the way you do business?