Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First and foremost, I'd like to say to those who have had to handle the responsibility of a very difficult mission, all Canadians are proud of you and appreciate the work that you're doing there and continue to do.
I wanted to ask a couple of questions. I probably took a look at this report in a different light from what most people would, because as a leadership assignment I read General Pagonis's book, Moving Mountains, and have an idea of just how sophisticated a supply chain is. As I was reading this report, I thought it was too bad that we didn't have everything labelled as tonnes of equipment moved, as General Pagonis did in his book, because you really realize when you're constantly feeding a small city of people just how much work it is.
I wanted to ask some questions to get some details on some of the things the Auditor General highlighted.
In paragraphs 2.43 and 2.51 in the Auditor General's report, on pages 15 and 18, there's some talk about the Nyala and other equipment, and something was really niggling at me when I was reading that. What responsibility do the manufacturers have in this? I would think that when they come to you, they probably make some significant promises about equipment. And as Major General Benjamin said, you almost have to have this down to an art in figuring out when something is going to break down. Are the manufacturers of this equipment fulfilling their responsibilities?