Okay.
Thank you very much, Mr. Mitchell.
Mr. Chair, since the beginning of our study on air and naval defence procurement, on several occasions we have received experts who unfortunately did not have the critical information needed to give precise information. That's not necessarily the case with Mr. Mitchell now, but I'm talking about all the witnesses we've had. That's why, a few weeks ago, I tabled the following motion in committee:
That, in the context of its study of air defence procurement projects and its study of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the committee send for, from Public Services and Procurement Canada, a monthly progress report concerning the progress of the maritime and air defence procurement projects including up-to-date acquisition, operating, training and maintenance costs and the progress of the work; that these reports be submitted to the committee on a monthly basis by the 15th of the month from May 2022 to May 2023, inclusively; and that the reports be rendered public and published on the committee’s website.
As I said at the beginning, the members of the committee, especially the opposition members, obviously need information. Since the function of the experts is to analyze what is going on in the Government of Canada in terms of military procurement, and especially since the air and naval defence procurement contracts are the largest contracts in Canadian history, it would be a minimum requirement that we have reports that inform us, at all times, or on a monthly basis, of everything that is going on in that regard.
I would like us to debate my motion and, ideally, to vote on it.