Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
I want to draw attention to a section in the DPU: “Building an Innovative and Effective Defence Industrial Base”. That leads me to the fact that we've had underinvestment in our military over the last number of years, and, in that, we've seen a stagnating growth potential in the defence industry.
Where would you suggest the government direct its investments in defence to create homegrown manufacturing, both in hard-core manufacturing and also in creating IP that can then be exported to our allies, thereby creating a greater GDP for Canada and for the defence industry?