I would add, sir, that nobody disputes the need for IRBs. It's a logical thing to do. It does not influence National Defence's statement of the requirement. The military focuses on the requirement, and IRBs are recognized as a necessity, but not as something the military worries about. This is normally the purview of Industry Canada.
Canada has taken IRBs to a new art form when it comes to defining the rules and the structure under which you apply them. Many countries have offsets, so you don't have to define specific causalities of a proposal for a project; rather, you have some offsetting trade arrangement. Canada imposes stricter rules and more regulations in the suitability of IRBs, which causes the elongation of projects.