Thank you for that.
Minister, you told reporters earlier this summer that you would make decision on the F-35s by the end of summer. That's already passed, by a month. You also said that you would consider the decisions taken by your department officials. The chief of the defence staff, the Royal Canadian Air Force commander and the deputy minister have all come out saying that F-35 is the plane that they need. When are you going to make a decision on this review, and how much more is it costing us every time we start playing politics with this procurement?
