Interoperability is indeed important, but where a number of countries are participating, what is Canada's contribution to building the F‑35s? In Quebec in particular, we have an aerospace industry that can build a plane from start to finish. The F35s are being purchased at the expense of a number of other options that would have resulted in more consideration being given to Quebec.
What is Canada's actual contribution? If these planes are costing us a lot of money, what are we getting back in income and other taxes?