Mr. Spengemann, that's a great question, but actually, I'm not sure the Canadian Armed Forces needs more consultants to tell them what problems they have and what challenges they have. They know full well what those challenges are. What they don't currently have is the internal civilian and military staffing to be able to address all of these challenges.
What the Canadian Armed Forces needs, more desperately than consultants, is a 15-year sustained commitment by all parties in this House to regenerating, sustaining and operating this organization. To this effect, I would urge all parties to work together on multi-party votes on key defence decisions and on committing to a joint pathway forward for the Canadian Armed Forces.
It is similar to a private sector organization, in the sense that if you keep changing pathways or if you don't pay attention, as some might argue has been the challenge also for this organization, you're bound to run into trouble. Now that we're in trouble, we really do need sustained attention, because we are genuinely, Mr. Spengemann, embarrassing ourselves with our allies.