I agree with Mr. Bachand that we should have the ministers, but I would suggest that we should have the four ministers rather than three. We should also have the Treasury Board minister, because it is those four ministers who actually make these decisions before the matter is presented to the cabinet.
I would also suggest that we not actually group all the ministers together, because each minister would bring, I am assuming, his or her officials. We should in fact have one minister per meeting so that we can thoroughly explore each minister's involvement and the officials' involvement in the process.
My further suggestion would be that we invite Mr. John Siebert and Kenneth Epps from Project Ploughshares; Alan Williams, the ex-ADM (Materiel); and if Minister MacKay comes, I'm assuming he will have Dan Ross, the current ADM.
I believe we should also invite representatives of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Eurofighter to come and tell us whether they had been approached—particularly Boeing and Eurofighter—whether they were allowed to bid, and why. I think Lockheed Martin should be invited to tell us, from their perspective, how they were able to obtain this particular contract.
Also I believe we should have some expert who could actually enlighten lay people such as myself as to the differences between the fourth- and fifth-generation fighters. I think that would be appropriate.