I think the problem for the sole-source decision of the Conservative government was that it wasn't really explained very well. A number of other of our allies have gone sole-source. The Australians, of course, went sole-source. That was largely because of a decision made by the United States back in the mid-1990s. The decision was that essentially the United States would operate only one fighter aircraft in the 20s and 30s, and that would be whoever won the JSF. That was, of course, the F-35.
There was a logic behind the Conservative government's choice of the F-35 as a sole-source. I personally think they got it wrong in the sense that they never fully explained to Canadians why sole-source made such sense. The Liberal government, or the Liberal leader during the 2015 election campaign, promised that the government would, in fact, not buy the F-35.
The process since 2015 has been, in my humble estimation, a nice reflection of the games that have been played. My proposal to the committee is essentially to take a look at that process, with the possibility of trying to avoid gamesmanship in the future.