Thank you for the opportunity to clarify my statement. What I said was that in reaction to the Canada First defence strategy, which provided us strategic guidance in 2006, the process was set up, and through the early part of 2010 the statement of operational requirements, including the mandatory requirements, was finalized and approved. It was against those mandatory requirements that we measured all of the options. We found that, measured against those requirements and using the information we had received on a government-to-government basis, the F-35 procured through the JSF program provided the best capability, the longest life, at the least cost.
On October 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.