The NAC believes that moving towards NATO's aspirational target of 2% would be a good thing for this nation moving forward, no ifs, ands, or buts. If the country were to move in that direction, we do not see why naval requirements and the requirements of other services in the Canadian Armed Forces could not be better satisfied.
With respect to capacity, I think this is an issue that can be worked on. If we see and obtain steady-state, predictable funding into the future—and by future I mean more than 10 years—I don't see any reason why we, as a nation, could not develop a plan to spend that money properly.