Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Page and Mr. Crosby, I'd like to go back to a comment you made in my last round, which I thought was really quite interesting. You both referenced working collaboratively and working across departments, versus a more siloed approach.
It led me to go back to something that I had been reading in preparation for today. There are observers who believe that defence procurement strategy governance will improve procurement processes in Canada in terms of transparency, accountability and efficiency. Likewise, there are commentators who believe that the processes would be improved in a more centralized defence procurement approach, under a single defence procurement strategy. I believe this was in place in 1969, when we moved to a more open system.
A centralized approach would create a significant shift in the way that procurement defence occurs across Canada, ending five decades of a multidepartment strategy. I'm really interested in both of your thoughts on both sides, the multidepartment strategy and then a more centralized strategy. This is all in a need to look at improvements or more transparency and accountability.