Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Wiersema, it's nice to see you again. I've enjoyed working with you in my very short time on this committee. You've provided great guidance and direction, and I wish I'd had you around many years ago when I had my own business. My business might have lasted a little longer. It did all right.
I do thank you for your 33 years of service. It's similar to my father's: exactly 33 years of service in the Royal Canadian Air Force. I'm probably a little bit passionate about our military because of that, so my questions are going to focus on chapter 5.
I think specifically, as I recall yesterday, you stated, “Regarding maintenance and repair of funding allocations, we determined that National Defence has an effective forum in place to allocate financial resources to define priorities”. Can you elaborate on what exactly that means, on what effective forum is in place, and how does the department define its priorities?