Thank you for the question.
I can't really speak to the process with tenders and competition. That's really not my domain. Mr. Ross would be better placed to explain the rationale and process. All I can say is that in 2010 we completed the statement of requirements and the option analysis, and made recommendation to government that the F-35, from our point of view, was the best platform for Canada, both from a cost point but also, more importantly, from an operational effectiveness point in the decades to come.
The process of acquisition was then passed over to outside the air force, and the decisions that were made were based on the best judgment from government.