Thank you very much, Vice Admiral. Since the chair is giving some latitude, that leads me to the second part of the question.
When we toured CFB Trenton with Minister Fantino, we did look at our aircraft. The Royal Canadian Air Force personnel explained to us that what we have done, especially when we purchased the new Hercules—what I call the second phase of the Hercules—was to purchase it with equipment that was relatively common to that of our allies, and for one specific reason, which leads me to a second question.
When we need to repair or replace certain items on these aircraft that so many nations buy—and I'm referring to Australia and other countries that are buying the aircraft—there is a savings to be found. If you customize the aircraft, which the aircraft manufacturer love, then you can get soaked, to use the common phrase, when you have to get these planes repaired.
This question is perhaps to the vice admiral, or the deputy ministers.
Do we do a comparison of the savings? In other words, can you go to the minister, the government, or the public at large and say, “Do you know what we saved?” In the real world, with regard to Mr. Valeriote's question, you want to compare savings as opposed to talking about customization: “We like this, but we're going to buy that, and doing so saves us such-and-such.”
Do you do this, and is it reflected in reports to Parliament, such as supplementary estimates or budget items?