At this point, we don't have the evidence yet to show how the distribution over a greater number of airframes will allow us to achieve our NORAD and NATO operational commitments until the end of 2025, which is when we start to get the new fighters. We don't get all of them until 2032, yet the Auditor General's report clearly says that the estimated life expectancy, which was originally 2002, which was extended to 2008, which was extended to 2012, which was extended to....
We have extended the estimated life expectancy of the F-18 for almost 25 years, this auditor's report says that it won't make it past 2025 yet we're going to take them to 2032. Why should the Canadian public have confidence in those numbers?