That's okay. I wrote them down.
That's a big question, and I'm not sure that we tackled all of that in the fighter jets report. We did look at whether or not there were enough trained pilots, because a concern that my office found in 2018 when we did work on the CF-18s was that there was a shortage of trained pilots.
The finding here, while very similar, highlights that the training program anticipates that it won't have enough qualified pilots. It's a little different here, because you're going to need pilots who can fly both types of aircraft, and then you need to upskill. I know that National Defence is looking at how to adjust that plan, and it's going to need to.
When it comes to my thoughts on where to invest and not invest, and best practices on training, I'm not the one to tell the government where to spend its money. I'm the one who comes in and says, “You made that decision. How did you do in spending it?”
What I can tell you is that in October we will be releasing a report on training and recruitment of new members to the Canadian Armed Forces. That will speak to some of the concerns that we found there.
There is no shortage of places where National Defence can invest this funding. It's about finding the right place and making sure that you always have the personnel to support that sort of investment. Here you need not only trained pilots, but technicians to maintain the planes and individuals to work on the bases.
There's no shortage of places for DND to invest in.