Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I just wanted to echo the comments that were made by my colleague, as well as my colleague across the table.
We're studying two of the most important defence procurements in our country's history, and the situation that we're seeing unfolding in Ukraine only adds to the urgency of this work. This was a study that we agreed upon. This was put forward by Conservative colleagues because we understood how important the study was. We had today three really important witnesses before us that had incredible, remarkable expertise and experience that they were sharing with this committee, including a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada, someone who had spent six years in the Department of Defence and is now an expert in her field. Of course, I'm talking about Professor Sloan. It's concerning to me and it's disappointing that my Conservative colleagues grew bored of their testimony, so much so that we cut their testimony and their appearance before this committee short. That is information that is important in this critical study.
I felt it important to put that on the record. I think it's unfortunate that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle decided that they wanted to play games at this incredibly important, pivotal time in terms of defence procurement and in terms of geopolitics.