There are clearly going to be benefits. The F-35 is a huge contract. We don't buy the argument that there can't be IRBs as a part of the initial framework.
We just don't buy the argument that somehow it has to be one or the other. We're being told that we can bid on $12 billion worth of work for what we are calling a $16 billion contract. We know the Government of Canada can do better.
We just take a look at the C-130J, the Hercules contract that was negotiated--same company, same government. What did we bargain? One hundred percent offsets. But that included the in-service support. If we can negotiate 100% offsets with the same company and the same government, there's no reason why we can't negotiate 100% offsets that include the in-service support.
We ask in our document, are we better off with the opportunity to bid on $12 billion or the opportunity to have $16 billion?