Ms. Fox, if you don't mind, let's now discuss the export component mentioned in Canada's defence industrial strategy.
One of the objectives is to increase Canada's military exports by 50%. Currently, we know that nearly 69% of exports go to the United States. It is our main partner. It's actually enormous. Canada is even the only country with national supplier status in the United States. Consequently, Canada automatically grants export licences to the United States.
We discussed this recently; there was a bill that likely had too many flaws, but the intention was still to highlight a certain lack of oversight and monitoring regarding humanitarian considerations, which allowed for the authorization of arms exports to several countries without the ability to know exactly where they were going and without any oversight whatsoever due to U.S. control over the matter.
Is there a strategy to find a way to reconcile this with peace objectives and to ensure that these weapons don't fall into the hands of declared adversaries or countries and regimes officially condemned by Canada?