Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate your being here, Mr. Giroux and Mr. Penney. Thank you.
I know your report on the new acquisition of the F-35s isn't out yet. I think we should consider, as we continue on this study, inviting the PBO back once it's out. That's just a suggestion.
You sent a letter to the Minister of National Defence on January 16, asking to do that examination of true costs. Your predecessor, Kevin Page, did the same thing on the sole-source contract that the Conservatives did on the F-35s. At the time, it was discovered that DND actually kept two books on the costs of the F-35s, and they were tricky in terms of how they estimated the lifespan. That reduced overall the costs of what was estimated on each of the aircraft that was acquired, or was supposed to be acquired.
Obviously, we don't want that to happen again. We don't want those same tricks. From what you've received thus far, can you comment at all on whether you've seen anything like that, or if we should be concerned?