Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the minister and the department officials who are here.
Again, I also would like to extend my thanks to the brave women and men serving in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Coast Guard for protecting us here at home and carrying out some dangerous missions around the world when called upon. We want to support you in every way that you're doing that job.
Minister, your defence industrial strategy is the fifth document from this government on different defence-related activities. We're quite skeptical on whether or not you're going to be able to meet the targets that you've put in there.
When you look at the current state of the Canadian Armed Forces on fleet availability, you see that you cross the line. Less than 60% of the maritime fleets are serviceable and able to be deployed or standing in the ready for new personnel to train on. We see that land vehicles stand at only 51%. Only half are actually serviceable and usable. We're hearing stories of people in Latvia who can't even get vehicles to get training on and be certified alongside our NATO allies. It's embarrassing. The aerospace fleets that we have are even worse at 42.3%. This is all coming out of the 2024-25 departmental results report.
Ten years of Liberal government—your predecessors—have allowed the replacement and maintenance of the key fleets for our armed forces to wither away.
One that continues to be a political football for your government is the F-35. You had the Canadian Armed Forces do a review. The Department of National Defence did a review. The Department of Industry did a review. We thought we were going to finally get a decision on the F-35, which won the competition fair and square against the Gripen. Now, due to concern about what's happening in the States, we're not going to make an announcement on whether or not we're going to proceed with the F-35.
Can you update us on where we're at?