Mr. Chair, obviously Mr. Williams is no longer accountable for defence procurement in the Department of National Defence. As Madam Ambrose outlined, when it's crystal clear and based on substantive analysis that there is only one choice that meets the operational requirement of fifth-generation capability that will be operationally viable for 35 years, that is entirely within the contracting regulations of the Government of Canada and is the appropriate way to proceed, clearly, when a competition would have lost time and industrial opportunities for Canadian industry and not resulted in any other outcome.
On September 15th, 2010. See this statement in context.