Mr. Chairman, I'd like to put some questions on the table and then get an answer back, because I'm sure I won't have enough time.
On the issue of linking the broader national security issues with the need to really build our defence industrial base across the country, again, the Canada First defence strategy seems a bit weak in that area, and I would like more clarification and more information on that.
One issue that has been touched on is the need for a mechanism to review the content on a regular basis within the Canada First strategy. I would like to have that scoped out a little more in terms of changing priorities and changing needs, particularly over a 20-year period, to have a kind of mechanism in place that gives a regular review update to this standing committee.
And the final issue, in my reading of it, is the failure to prioritize any of the initiatives that are in there. For example, we have this issue that the minister touched on, about capability and supply of resources. This is going to be a challenge as we continue to move forward.
Obviously we've seen some projects stall. We've seen setbacks in a number of areas. Announcements don't deliver. Just because we've announced that we're going to have ship X or aircraft X doesn't mean we have it. So it seems to me that there is a need to develop a straightforward procurement approach. Obviously that touches also on other departments, but it is something on which we need to get more information.
I put those three questions out. I don't know if anybody wants to respond in the short time remaining, but I have found in this committee that if you don't put your question out, it might not get answered. So if we could get those answers in writing, I would appreciate that.
Thank you.