I would disagree with your assessment that most of the requirements were deemed unacceptable. In fact in some cases, requirements like a rear door on an aircraft, for example, which the Department of National Defence, and the air force in particular, had deemed as desirable, the National Research Council reinforced as being not only desirable but also absolutely critical and necessary.
In fact in some instances this report reinforced the minimal standards that the air force would require to perform the type of search and rescue--landing on gravel runways as another example; the type of radar onboard certain aircrafts; the window, visibility within the cockpit of the aircraft. These were the minimal standards we had asked for collectively, and the Department of National Defence, Public Works, and Industry sought an independent view of what those minimal standards should be.
Yesterday I spoke with my colleagues Minister Ambrose and Minister Clement about the need now to take that report and move forward with recommendations and proceed with a procurement plan. This is what we sought as far as verifying the minimal standards you mentioned.