Absolutely. If we look at the development and the rollout of vaccines internationally, as somebody who watches innovation and development of very high-end military capabilities, I'm utterly astounded. We are literally watching, in front of our eyes, a modern scientific miracle, where we have developed a vaccine from almost scratch in the space of a year and will have it basically rolled out and hopefully put into Canadians' hands or arms, or whatever, in just over a year. That's impressive.
One of the things in observing how government operates, especially during times of crisis, is that a lot of the rules, a lot of the straitjackets that are placed on policy implementation, are quickly removed in order to identify ways that we can be more efficient and quicker to do what's required. In terms of the military capability, I believe there has been quite a bit of process put into the system that has actually prevented the Canadian Armed Forces from getting the equipment they need.
If we're talking about GBAS specifically, I look at other countries that identified the problem of UAVs that provide great threat to their countries. They immediately purchased a system, put an interim system into operation and then looked at the long-term solution. However, in Canada, in a lot of cases, and we can look back to Afghanistan or other operations, I feel that we tend not to actually acquire the capabilities that we need until there's a crisis. At that time, it's the worst time. I'd probably ask some of the military members of this panel right now, if they did not have the capabilities needed, how quickly did they have to scramble to get some of them?
I think that's the case.