My problem is this, then.
The Chief of Defence Staff identified before this committee the armoured recovery vehicle presently in Kandahar as an example of the capability requirement for the C-17. However, it appears from the DND documents that this vehicle is 87,800 pounds. Furthermore, the Badger armoured engineering vehicle is 92,200 pounds and the Leopard tank is 93,696 pounds. That's pretty big.
It is obvious, therefore, that from that ACAN, that's still a requirement of only 86,000 pounds. DND has no perceived need to transport these heavy vehicles in any urgent manner, so what drove the 86,000-pound requirement? Do you believe it was simply to get rid of the competition so that it eliminated the A400M?