Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Last winter, I was in Berlin meeting with the social democratic government. We were in meetings and, at one point, one of the officials stopped, looked around the room and said, “Who would have imagined that we would be in a massive European tank war in the 21st century?” The Ukraine war has upended everything. We are scrambling, coming into the second winter, to supply all manner of needs, from coats to surface-to-air missiles, Leopard tanks and light armoured vehicles.
Ms. Ross, what strain has that put on procurement and the need to be able to suddenly shift gears dramatically, in terms of what we're supplying in the military realm?