Mr. Speaker, without accepting any of the many premises in that question, I would remind the House that the contract is based on a statement of requirements, which was specified in 1999 with the full agreement of the military leadership, and that is the bible, that is sacrosanct in terms of acquiring the right helicopter.
All the companies involved in the process, including the one mentioned by the hon. member, have made representations to the government in terms of the detailed specifications to carry out the statement of requirements. However the statement of requirements has not changed one iota and will not change.