Thanks very much for the question.
As I said at the outset, I think the Standing Committee on National Defence and the joint committees of this body have made a huge contribution to defence over the years. But I don't believe that the government of the day or the Canadian Forces of the day have stopped doing business as usual awaiting a committee report.
Certainly readiness is a work in progress. It's always a work in process; it's a dynamic. I presume that the Chief of Defence Staff and his senior leadership sat around this morning and kicked around questions in their morning operational thing that would impact on readiness. The world changes. Libya changed the focus.
In my view, readiness is always a work in progress, and it would be surprising if the government held off on a budget awaiting the wisdom of a parliamentary committee. I'd be very surprised if the government didn't act on the report of this committee on readiness, because it's always a work in progress.
That's the way I see it unfolding. I don't see the two being out of step with each other.