Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is for Mr. Crosby.
On procurement, I want to just zoom in here a bit, just for more clarity. There are significant amounts of money involved here and obviously a very complex procurement process. I absolutely appreciate that in your opening comment you referenced that COVID has added another layer in the last two years, certainly, and the current world reality has made this probably even more urgent.
With that in mind, would you mind speaking about National Defence? When a request is made for new equipment, I'd ask you to break down the steps in the process to ensure that the RFP includes the requirements around transparency, because I'm certainly hearing today and in other sessions that an open and competitive process is sometimes questioned.