We are going to resume this third meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence. Our witnesses from the Department of National Defence today include the Deputy Minister, Mr. Robert Fonberg. We also have the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, Mr. Denis Rouleau, and the Assistant Deputy Minister, Finance and Corporate Services, Mr. Kevin Lindsey. We also have Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Materiel, Mr. David Jacobson, and the Associate Deputy Minister, Mr. William F. Pentney.
Thank you for being here with us today. We are going to work until 1 p.m. I am going to give the floor to Mr. Boughen, from the Conservative Party, for five minutes.