The last time you were at committee, you were complaining about lack of competition when it was down to the decision to buy the P-8. You mentioned the Defence Investment Agency. Have you guys looked at division 16 in Bill C-31, the budget implementation act, which establishes the defence investment agency act? Has anyone had a chance to read it?
I recommend that you read it because, in that act, they are providing over 20 different exclusions to limit competition as well as providing an out for the minister responsible for the DIA to explain why someone was excluded. The act smells more of sole-sourcing than competition.
Mr. Elzein, you talked about competition and how it will make us all stronger if we have competition. It also protects the taxpayer. On the side of competition, can you talk more about, first, how important it is to ensure that we are getting, first and foremost, what we need for the Canadian Armed Forces; second, how it is being brought forward in the best interest of the Canadian taxpayer, who is ultimately going to be paying for the procurement; and third how it removes the government's ability to select who they want as the champion?