Nothing creates efficiency like necessity. I know that in the early part of the Canadian Forces deployment in Afghanistan there were some issues regarding the troops using the Iltis jeep. We had a few incidents that were unfortunate. I don't want to belabour those, but all of a sudden it seemed like out of nowhere the Canadian Forces could acquire the Nyala vehicle and deploy it in relatively short order, which was contrary to the discussions of the day that military procurement took 15 years. Frankly, I found this a little interesting.
I go back to your testimony, Mr. Ross. There was a lot of focus on the process and not on the result, and it seems like we're having processes just for the sake of having processes. Could you please elaborate a bit more on how quickly we could turn around that Nyala purchase and get it in theatre?
I'd like to know, was the capability plan already there? Were the definitional requirements already there, and was it simply a matter of departmental approval? Or did we have to go back and reassess the capabilities and needs? Could you just elaborate on what the differences might have been?