Before I was interrupted, I wanted to thank you, and now that I've been interrupted, I still want to thank you for your contribution to the study.
Along the lines that Ms. Mathyssen has alluded to, Canada is under enormous pressure from not only our allies, but also our adversaries to make minerals, in particular, available. The Chinese have just cut off certain critical minerals used in the creation of chips. We will be putting F-35s in Bagotville.
None of these problems are going to go away. The real question is about how to better deal with them. You folks, for better or for worse, have been “dabbling” on the edges, for want of a better term. I think the committee would benefit greatly from your thoughts on how Canada—DND, CAF—would better deal with our defence security pressures going forward. If we don't learn from the past, we're kind of hopeless. That would be a real contribution.
In the event that you just happen to be thinking about things like that, we would appreciate it. With that, we will suspend.