We can visit that again, but I only have a few minutes here. I wanted you to finish your point.
Mr. Williams, we had a story in the Ottawa Citizen on September 20, the day that Pugliese suggested he had documents from the defence department indicating that there was a plan for a competitive process for both the aircraft and long-term maintenance that was developed in summer 2009. The scheduled plan for the competition was to be run in 2010; the contract was to be awarded by 2012. We also had the Minister of National Defence state in the House of Commons on May 27 that there would be a competitive process, and he made sure that this was totally clear.
What would have happened between May 27 and six weeks later, in July, when we're told it's a sole-sourced contract, etc.? What would have to happen? How do we get from there to that?
Secondly, tell me about the process of a statement of requirements. Are you aware that there would have been a statement of Canada's requirements for a fighter jet to replace the F-18? When would that have been prepared, and would that be normally available to a committee like this?