Well, as I indicated, Mr. Chairman, the Department of National Defence is exploring two new approaches to contracting for maintenance and repair of military equipment. I believe both of those approaches hold promise for improving the availability of the equipment and reducing costs. I believe the department in fact set itself a target of 15% reduction in costs through the optimized weapon management system.
Unfortunately, that initiative lost momentum, and the other initiative, the in-service contract support initiative, hasn't received the attention, the management priority and leadership it requires in the department.
The recommendation that we make in this audit is to encourage the department to provide the leadership necessary to move forward with those approaches. In our view, they do hold the potential for good things.