Mr. Speaker, the motion before the House has to do with a procurement strategy for the new helicopters. There are two contracts, one for the basic helicopter and the second for the integrated mission system.
The Department of Public Works and Government Services provides procurement services for all departments of the government. The Department of National Defence has provided public works and government services with the specifications for this particular project. Public works and government services is now outlining its procurement strategy, as it did last August. We are now in the process of having a dialogue with the aerospace industry.
The procurement strategy and the process that we are going through is, in our view, the best way to ensure a good, successful project of acquiring these helicopters, which is in the best interests of the military, the government, DND and the taxpayers. Those are the issues before the House and that is exactly what we are doing.