Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
We're talking about planning now. I proposed earlier that the following witness list be included in our study of chapter 2, “Replacing Canada’s Fighter Jets”, of the spring 2012 report of the Auditor General of Canada, and:
that the witness list include, but not be limited to: • Michael Ferguson, Auditor General of Canada; • Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer; • Dan Ross, Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), National Defence; • LGen J.P.A. Deschamps, Chief of the Air Staff, National Defence; • Michael J. Slack, F-35 Project Manager, Director of Continental Materiel Cooperation, National Defence; • Col D.C. Burt, Director, New Generation Fighter Capability, National Defence; • Tom Ring, Assistant Deputy Minister, Acquisitions Branch, Public Works and Government Services Canada; • Johanne Provencher, Director General, Defence and Major Projects Directorate, Public Works and Government Services Canada; • Richard Dicerni, Deputy Minister, Industry Canada; • Craig Morris, Deputy Director, F-35 Industrial Participation, Industry Canada....
Also, Mr. Chair, more recently I added François Guimont, deputy minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Mr. Chair, could I make a motion, please, to ratify these witnesses to appear before our committee?