Okay, that's fair.
Is there anyone else on the panel who could explain how that half a per cent of Canada's GDP simply does not meet the requirements of NATO? Is there no one?
Okay. I'd like to move on to a different topic.
We talked about maximizing spending and the efficient spending of dollars for the defence investment strategy, and I think that's commendable. We also want to get the right things that we need.
However, testimony from industry leaders we had here earlier at the committee was that there was no national security plan. They agreed with me that with no national security plan and no national capability inventory, it makes it very difficult for them to work together and to determine what we need to purchase for Canada.
Would you agree, then, that we are missing a national security plan as the underpinning to determine what we need in terms of the proper equipment and the capabilities that we wish to bring forward?
Perhaps Ms. Folkes can start.