I would like to say thank you to all the witnesses who have come today.
Lieutenant-General Speiser-Blanchet, I want to say thank you for your service to Canada. Congratulations on your post, and thank you for everything you're going to do for Canada.
We know that the government has committed to the first 16 planes. The rest, I feel, reading the news and seeing what the Prime Minister is saying, are kind of up in the air. Given the current geopolitical state of the world, how important is it to prioritize obtaining these fifth-generation F-35s?