Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I also thank the witnesses. It is always a pleasure to see them again.
I want to start with a few questions about AUKUS, the tripartite agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. We know that the Canadian government is not going to participate in the nuclear submarine component of the agreement, but that it wants to contribute to the component on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, among other things. I would like you to give me an overview of the situation.
In addition, when you want to join such a group, the important thing is not so much what you can find there, but rather what you can bring to it. However, in a previous study, we saw that procurement delays are very long. As a result, what we manage to acquire in cybersecurity is often a bit obsolete as soon as we acquire it.
Is there a specific strategy that would make it possible to bring something worthwhile to the table, even if it means reviewing cybersecurity and artificial intelligence procurement in a more targeted way?