Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for joining us this afternoon.
It's not lost on me that we're talking about the defence industrial strategy within the context of a trade war that was launched against Canada by the Trump administration. We're talking about our sovereignty in terms of defence capabilities but also economically.
I'm a representative from Hamilton. I represent an area that has been the heart of Canada's industrial capability, whether you're talking about steel-making, shipbuilding, advanced manufacturing or all the associated industries. There are significant industrial capabilities in Canada, but they're not necessarily in the defence industry. There are all kinds of things that are extremely specialized for defence that we could do. Right now, we're not necessarily making things specialized for defence.
How do we leverage the industrial expertise and capacity we have in Canada to secure those supply chains, make sure we're buying Canadian and build up those industries so we can take advantage of global export markets?