Mr. Chair, before you start the clock, I just want to give notice of motion:
That the committee invite the Auditor General to appear for no less than two hours to discuss her reports tabled on October 21, 2025, including Recruiting for Canada's Military, Housing Canadian Armed Forces Members and Cyber Security of Government Networks and Systems;
that the committee invite the Minister of National Defence and relevant officials to appear in a separate two-hour meeting to address the government responses to the above Auditor General reports;
and that both meetings take place before December 12, 2025.
I'll start my round of questions.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing. I appreciate that. Time is precious, so I'll go quickly. Earlier this fall, in September, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee said that the Royal Canadian Navy should consider having two separate fleets of submarines. Then that very same day, reporters asked Prime Minister Carney a question in New York, and he responded:
nothing I see that would suggest that we would have a mix fleet in submarines.
You just get too many efficiencies in economies of having one fleet....
Do you agree with that statement?