Thank you, Madam Chair.
Mr. Shimooka, the Liberal government has poured billions into so-called defence innovation with an “Ottawa knows best” approach. It has picked winners and losers under the guise of buy Canadian. It has been reported that, under the Liberal government's definition, it can use the buy Canadian label even if it buys from a company that's foreign owned. However, the Canadian Armed Forces continue to face capability gaps and delayed procurement, despite all the Liberal bureaucracy and all the Liberal insiders hired to staff these brand-new bureaucracies.
In your assessment, is Canada seeing this increased spending without tracking corresponding outcomes? What does that say about the effectiveness of these Liberal policies?