I think the Auditor General is exactly right. The department has traditionally been very risk-averse and very controlled in decision-making and in purposeful spending. That is largely because of the constraints around the operating capabilities of the department in terms of resources. There are not enough people and there is not enough money.
This has changed. With that, it has become necessary to shift significantly how we evaluate and manage risk, and then how we mitigate what the different risks are. Layered on top of that is what you mentioned: The geopolitical situation has changed. We are in a different world from the one we were in even three or four years ago, or prepandemic.
This has meant an entire shift in the whole conversation in the department—with the military as well as with civilians. I would even go so far as to add our colleagues around town, because we have to take a completely different lens to the future of the Department of National Defence and of the CAF now, with funding that we can see coming for decades at a much higher level than was the case before.
We are going to be relying not only on our existing partners. For instance, the creation of the new Defence Investment Agency is going to help us manage that risk. It's going to help us deliver projects and programs much faster than has been the case to date.