I don't think we needed it before we had the DIS. What I was referring to was the importance of keeping our heads up about what capabilities we need on the different horizons into the future. Some of the excuses that will be used to not buy from Canadian industry will be for interoperability or for speed. There is no excuse for interoperability. We can have sovereign interoperability. There's a requirement in the systems that are delivered by Canadian industry. Also, if we're looking ahead, there should be no excuse for speed.
Today, a lot of the activities that are going on. To answer Mr. Bezan's question, we have a strategic agreement. We signed it in November with the Defence Investment Agency. It's absolutely working to provide satellites for enhanced polar communications in the Arctic. We are moving with speed. This procurement is going much faster than anything I've seen in 35 years. It is excellent, and it works for Canadian industry. There are examples of where this is really working.
To do that for the next generation of capabilities, we have to be looking ahead because in some cases.... Maybe mine's working today because I have 100% of the capability necessary to deliver. Maybe there's a Canadian industry today that's at 60% or 70% capability to deliver. If we're looking ahead on the road map of what we're going to buy next, then those types of firms can be getting seed money to be able to complete the operational building of their systems and have them ready for procurements when they come.
If we're committed to Canadian industry and are looking ahead at the next things we need, we can make sure that we're funding and seeding industry to be ready for the next things we need. Then there's no excuse not to go to Canadian industry to meet the need that Tim was talking about in terms of making sure that 70% of those dollars are being applied to Canadian firms.