If I may finish, I know we're talking about a huge amount of money. It was mentioned earlier that these units will not come on stream until 2016.
The other item that should be talked about in the context of this enormous purchase is obviously the absolute need. The F-18s will be finished. Everything has a life cycle. In essence, the F-18s will have outlived their usefulness. As it is, they are being extended through some very innovative and creative work done by our people. So either we are in the business of providing sovereignty for Canada and being involved in NATO and doing all those issue and going there, or Canada is going to be, once again, regressive in terms of our ability to provide a military service and to support the kinds of things we need to do.
Having said all of that, the one thing that also needs to be said here is the enormous amount of job creation and opportunities for employment for people in this country, because a lot of the units that make up this particular aircraft are manufactured, produced, or otherwise developed here in Canada. The price ultimately will depend on just how many units are manufactured. We now have various countries that are on board with huge numbers of F-35s.
I hope that sort of mitigates somewhat the thought that this is a loss leader. It's not. It has many advantages, including job creation and enhancing the economy in our country.