If I may, Mr. Chair, one of the things that we run into the most when we hold our STRDI symposiums is classification levels. When we talk about the future of NORAD, we're talking at least at the secret level, if not at the TS level. U.S. companies make an effort to have folks who are cleared right up to that level. Canadian companies do not do that as much, so they get excluded from the discussions that have to be at those levels. If there was one thing I could change, it would be to encourage Canadian industry to obtain the classification levels so we can have the discussions with them and we can include them.
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