Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Fraser, the Bloc Québécois has always felt that, in terms of equipment purchases, the cart was being put before the horse, as they say. Since 2006, the government has announced a series of major procurements that do not reflect our view. We have been asking for a defence policy, developed as the result of a foreign affairs policy, since national defence is often the result of the approach to foreign affairs. Normally, with the foreign affairs policy set, and the defence policy set, the next step is a capability plan, the things that are possible. That is where we ask ourselves what we want to buy so that we can conform to the new foreign affairs policy and the new defence policy.
Do you agree that the government has gone about things backwards? It made purchases, it announced that it was going to, and the “Canada First“ strategy was announced right afterwards. Is that not a major strategic error? What do you think?