Thank you, Chair.
When I look at the timelines that we're given and then the timelines that were restated, I see all of them are extended. You mentioned the 2026-27 change in the earlier comment, but if you look at all of the categories, the initiatives, they were all bumped up, some to 2020, some to 2019. I make that comment. When I was reviewing the materials for this meeting, frankly, it really struck me as gobbledygook in terms of what was trying to be said. I'll read you a section. This is your response to governance. I'll quote:
While Defence has implemented robust governance, this governance has been managed by functional authorities. Moving forward and beginning in 2016-2017, National Defence will reinforce its existing inventory management governance by ensuring more consistent senior leadership visibility, accountability and direction, using the existing departmental corporate governance structure. This will facilitate senior leadership oversight and reporting on inventory management improvements at National Defence.
What does that really mean? I'm going to be quite blunt about this. This seems to me like a dog's breakfast that you're trying to explain to us—the people who are supposed to be holding the organization to account—and you're saying things like “functional authority”. What is that a euphemism for? It suggests there is dysfunctional authority somewhere. Could you answer that for me, please? What does that term mean, “functional authority”?