I'll say very simply that stability in funding is critically important. When it comes to buying weapons systems in Canada, there may be cases where we will need to buy something off the shelf from another country to fill a capability gap that exists right now. At the same time, we need to invest in the Canadian industry to develop the next thing that we might want to replace that with. That stability in funding is critical.
I can speak for the Royal Canadian Air Force right now. We're currently in a position where most of our aircraft are at the end of their service lives, and we have to buy something now to fill that gap. Canadians expect to continue to be able to defend. In some cases, an investment in Canadian industry to help us produce the next weapons system or capability is required, but it may not deliver for 10, 15 or 20 years because of the level of technology that's required in research and development and industrial production capability. Then there's also the requirement, in some cases, for us to buy something off the shelf for right now.
I leave it at that from a requirement perspective. I'll pass it over to my colleagues if they have anything they want to add on the industrial side.
