It's a question of nuance and interpretation of the word “possible”, I suppose. But the reality is that I think most of us would agree that the process would be totally compromised if something like that happened.
The fundamental requirement here is that government decides what the national interests are, decides what the policy is, defines what mission the Canadian Forces perform, but then I think it's important that they respect and accept the military's advice with regard to what the requirements are to fulfil that.
How that's funded, again, is another decision for the government to make.