As the chief just explained, it started a couple of years ago. The reforms that defence has begun to implement are showing fruit. It used to take about four years from the time somebody had an idea until we got to the point where we could move beyond the department. That is down now to basically months.
So great improvements have been made in the defence department, but the defence department is just one part in the process. You have Public Works, you have Industry, you have Foreign Affairs, and you have the Treasury Board. What we have to do is make sure that together all these departments and processes are as smooth as possible; that you have the normal checks and balances in the government, but that you don't put undue processes in.
We could probably theoretically keep speeding up the process in the defence department, but unless procurement moves at a good rate, and the industry department's industrial benefits are identified, and Foreign Affairs deals—in some cases—with ITARs, then you get a fast start and things slow down.
So it's a matter of reforming the whole process. That started in our government. The Prime Minister has mandated a number of us to get together to keep refining the process to make it simpler and faster.