Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Hayes and Mr. Swales, thank you for being with us this afternoon.
I have read your reports on military procurement, aviation and shipbuilding. I had to wonder, have we had nothing but armed forces in this country for the past 15 years? I got the impression that we've had little planning, few monitoring structures, little procurement and little construction, or perhaps we didn't know where we were at or where we were going. I'm making a general observation.
With respect to the Air Force, you mentioned that we have more pilots retiring than new pilots in training, and as stated earlier, only 64% of pilots at National Defence are qualified to fly the CF‑18.
To your knowledge, has the situation changed at all? Has it gotten better or worse?