Absolutely.
Look at it from the perspective of the decision-making process we've seen—the discussions about reopening and moving away from a decision that seemingly has been made. Remember that we did go through a competition and the decision was followed up that we were going for the F-35 and not for the Gripen. We seem to be reversing it. That seems to be based on the current situation we face with a very unsettling administration from the United States. There seem to be some economics brought in, but it does not deal with the strategic ramifications.
What we see from all of the reviews from the Royal Canadian Air Force is that the F-35 best meets the need for meeting the strategic threat. That is, of course—to be blunt—coming from the Russians and probably from the Chinese, and the F-35 represents a system of systems. That's what people mean about fifth generation. The days of old-fashioned dog fighting and tactical warfare are still there, and that is where the Gripen probably is a very good aircraft. However, in terms of meeting the type of threat that Canada faces to the North American continent, by the observations of everyone—this includes the former chief of the Royal Canadian Air Force and Billie Flynn, one of the leading experts on this subject matter—the F-35 is the answer to the strategic threat. To move away from an F-35 to go to a technology that is not going to secure our borders is very problematic and troubling, in my estimation.