Thank you, Chair.
That's a novel way of increasing your time.
Mr. Kenney, you were just asked about the PBO report and its conclusion that the programs were not sustainable with the current amount of money. I know there was an analysis of that, but that's not the only external group that has looked at this.
The recent Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute report by Mr. David Perry suggests, using a similar kind of conclusion reached, that there was a hole in the budget and the forward plans, and that even with the $11.8 billion over 10 years that has been promised starting in 2018, there will be “a sizable fiscal hole” requiring “an adjustment to the current defence plan” by revising the plan “either by increasing funding in the short term or downgrading its expectations” for the future.
Both of these reports indicate that there's a looming problem.
First of all, why has any increase to try to deal with it been put off until 2017-18? Also, are you anticipating the need for decreasing what we expect from our military, or an actual need for greater funds in order to continue with the programs we have?