I can only assume, sir, that the technical experts in your air force were satisfied that they did not require to look beyond one particular solution for their next generation, for whatever reason. That's obviously their decision.
All we are doing in coming here and testifying is to say that even a very fast look at the competition.... The high-level issues and elements that each of the other aircraft could bring into Canada would probably serve everyone extremely well, rather than simply going straight down the sole-source route.
It doesn't take long. It's not complicated to work out exactly why you should be doing this and the fact that you can get the information in very quickly, very accurately to make a very quick first-pass assessment on whether you do want a competition. You don't have to go into the full RFI, full RFP, but we would certainly suggest that you take a much more profound look at what we can offer.