Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks, Mr. Paul-Hus, for putting it forward. I think we should have had this five years ago, so that we could have stayed on top a bit and not had to wait for annual or biannual reviews.
I'm wondering if Mr. Paul-Hus would be open to maybe a friendly amendment just to make a bit more precise the information that we should be looking for. I want to add, after the first paragraph where he has “concerning the progress of the maritime and air defence procurement projects”, the following more precise words: the combat and non-combat vessel shipbuilding projects contained in the NSS, and the projects described in the section entitled “Royal Canadian Air Force” in chapter 2, “Long-term investments to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces capabilities and capacity to support peace and security”, found in Canada's defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged”.
Otherwise, the rest of it is fine.
I just wanted to add that if Mr. Paul-Hus is fine with that, just to make it a bit more precise the information we're looking for, namely the updates on everything in the NSS from the polar icebreaker to Seaspan, etc., to the more precise information on the air force items being purchased under “Strong, Secure, Engaged”.