Thank you very much.
It's always a pleasure to have you good people here. Thank you for making yourselves available. We really appreciate it.
I have some more questions about what we can provide to Ukraine. Obviously, we have to keep certain things here because we have obligations, but we also have to produce materiel to send to Ukraine. One thing that comes to mind is ammunition, which is a problem.
Recently, there was a newspaper article about problems with the ammunition supply. It clearly tried to place the blame on the industry. However, a number of people have noted the fact that Canada hasn't given the industry firm contracts to ensure production. Among others, Christyn Cianfarani, whom we have already heard from here, said that you could not take a press release or a tweet to the bank and get funding. We need long-term contracts and guarantees for the industry so that it can invest in producing equipment. At this point, we don't have that. That's our understanding. The war has been going on for a year and a half, and no contract has been signed with the industry. Contracts would also make things better for the communities in which these industries are located. I know some of those communities are in Quebec.
I would like to know whether the absence of a firm, long-term contract between the government and industry to provide Ukraine with military equipment, including ammunition, is a problem.