Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would appreciate from the clerk a work plan once we have the witnesses who have come forward and there's agreement on how we're going to approach this in terms of categories such as economic benefit. Certainly, in our view, the issue is whether we're getting the economic benefits for this and whether this is the right aircraft given responsibilities and the needs of Canadians in regard to the air force. It may well be, but I think we need to have that discussion and a very clear work plan.
I would agree with Mr. Hawn that we need to roll this out in a way that is as clear and transparent as possible. When we do this, let's try to be concise in terms of the witnesses, the objective that we are looking for here, and then what outcomes we will have, which hopefully will deal with recommendations to the government. Clearly Mr. Hawn has indicated that these contracts aren't going to be awarded tomorrow, but I do believe there are other issues as well. So I think we need to be crisp, clear, and direct in terms of what we're looking for, and then hopefully we'll see where we go from there.